Alanyl-phosphatidylglycerol synthase: Mechanism of substrate recognition during tRNA-dependent lipid modification in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 935-950

  Hebecker, Stefanie ^a   Arendt, Wiebke ^a   Heinemann, Ilka U ^b   Tiefenau, Jana H J ^a   Nimtz, Manfred ^c   Rohde, Manfred ^c   Söll, Dieter ^b   Moser, Jürgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79955733954     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07621.x     Document Type: Article

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