The catalytic domain of the germination-specific lytic transglycosylase SleB from Bacillus anthracis displays a unique active site topology

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2469-2475

  Jing, Xing ^a   Robinson, Howard R ^b   Heffron, Jared D ^c   Popham, David L ^a   Schubot, Florian D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Cortex peptidoglycan; CwlJ; Germination; Lytic transglycosylase; Muramic lactam; Peptidoglycan; SleB; Spore

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LACTAM DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSGLYCOSYLASE SLEB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84865956668     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.24140     Document Type: Article

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