Structure-function analysis of MurJ reveals a solvent-exposed cavity containing residues essential for peptidoglycan biogenesis in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4639-4649

  Butler, Emily K ^a   Davis, Rebecca M ^a   Bari, Vase ^a,b   Nicholson, Paul A ^a,b   Ruiz, Natividad ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MURJ PROTEIN; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84885459056     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00731-13     Document Type: Article

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