Identification and in vitro analysis of the GatD/MurT enzyme-complex catalyzing lipid II amidation in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Münch, Daniela ^a   Roemer, Terry ^b   Lee, Sang Ho ^b   Engeser, Marianne ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GATD PROTEIN; LIPID; METICILLIN; MURT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; MURAMYL NAC (PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL UNDECAPRENOL; MURAMYL-NAC-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

AMIDATION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; OPERON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84857494112     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002509     Document Type: Article

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