Ligand-binding properties and conformational dynamics of autolysin repeat domains in staphylococcal cell wall recognition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 3789-3802

  Zoll, Sebastian ^a   Schlag, Martin ^a   Shkumatov, Alexander V ^b,d   Rautenberg, Maren ^a   Svergun, Dmitri I ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a   Stehle, Thilo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AUTOLYSIN; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; CELL WALL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84866338446     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00331-12     Document Type: Article

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