Muropeptide rescue in Bacillus subtilis involves sequential hydrolysis by β-N-acetylglucosaminidase and N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3132-3143

  Litzinger, Silke ^a   Duckworth, Amanda ^a   Nitzsche, Katja ^a   Risinger, Christian ^a   Wittmann, Valentin ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINIDASE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLISM; CELL WALL; CONVALESCENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; LYSOSOME; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-N-ACETYL-GALACTOSAMINIDASE; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 77953985367     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01256-09     Document Type: Article

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