MurD enzymes: Some recent developments

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 539-556

  Šink, Roman ^b   Barreteau, Hélène ^a   Patin, Delphine ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a   Gobec, Stanislav ^b   Blanot, Didier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Inhibitors; Mur ligases; MurD; Peptidoglycan; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; UDP-N-ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE-D-GLUTAMATE LIGASE;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84889837419     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2013-0024     Document Type: Review

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