The crystal structure of the cell division amidase amic reveals the fold of the AMIN domain, a new peptidoglycan binding domain

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-277

  Rocaboy, Mathieu ^a   Herman, Raphael ^a   Sauvage, Eric ^a   Remaut, Han ^b   Moonens, Kristof ^b   Terrak, Mohammed ^a   Charlier, Paulette ^a   Kerff, Frederic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN AMIC; PROTEIN NLPD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL DIVISION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84885389572     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12361     Document Type: Article

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