Characterization of an N-acetylmuramic acid/N-acetylglucosamine kinase of Clostridium acetobutylicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5386-5392

  Reith, Jan ^a   Berking, Anne ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSAMINE; MURAMIC ACID; MUREIN SUGAR KINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MURAMIC ACIDS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 80053584469     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05514-11     Document Type: Article

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