MpaA is a murein-tripeptide-specific zinc carboxypeptidase that functions as part of a catabolic pathway for peptidoglycan-derived peptides in γ-proteobacteria

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 448, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-341

  Maqbool, Abbas ^a   Hervé, Mireille ^b   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^b   Wilkinson, Anthony J ^a   Thomas, Gavin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Murein tripeptide; Protein structure; Transporter; Vibrio harveyi; Zinc carboxypeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MPAA PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METABOLISM; METALLOPROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 84869998831     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121164     Document Type: Article

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