TraG encoded by the pip501 type IV Secretion system is a Two-Domain Peptidoglycan-Degrading enzyme essential for conjugative transfer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4436-4444

  Arends, Karsten ^a,e   Celik, Ertugrul Kaan ^a,b   Probst, Ines ^c   Goessweiner Mohr, Nikolaus ^b   Fercher, Christian ^b   Grumet, Lukas ^b   Soellue, Cem ^a,b   Abajy, Mohammad Yaser ^a,b   Sakinc, Tuerkan ^d   Broszat, Melanie ^c,d   Schiwon, Katarzyna ^a   Koraimann, Guenther ^b   Keller, Walter ^b   Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a,c,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRAG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CELL FRACTIONATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRAG GENE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLASMIDS; PROLINE;

EID: 84885459716     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02263-12     Document Type: Article

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