Optimization of conditions for the glycosyltransferase activity of penicillin-binding protein 1a from Thermotoga maritima

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4290-4298

  Offant, Julien ^a   Terrak, Mohammed ^b   Derouaux, Adeline ^b   Breukink, Eefjan ^c   Nguyen Distèche, Martine ^b   Zapun, André ^a   Vernet, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

murein; penicillin binding protein; peptidoglycan; screening

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC AMINE; DETERGENT; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SOLUBILIZER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROCEDURES; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DETERGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENZYME ASSAYS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 77957284857     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07817.x     Document Type: Article

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