MreB and MurG as scaffolds for the cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan biosynthesis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3218-3228

  Favini Stabile, Sandy ^a,b,c   Contreras Martel, Carlos ^a,b,c   Thielens, Nicole ^a,b,c   Dessen, Andréa ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MREB1 PROTEIN, THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE N ACETYLMURAMYL (PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL UNDECAPRENOL N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE; UDP N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANYL D GLUTAMYLLYSINE D ALANYL D ALANINE LIGASE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-N-ACETYLMURAMYL-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE; UDP-N-ACETYLMURAMOYLALANYL-D-GLUTAMYLLYSINE-D-ALANYL-D-ALANINE LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 84888884601     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12171     Document Type: Article

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