Characterization of serine hydroxymethyltransferase GlyA as a potential source of D-alanine in Chlamydia pneumoniae

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Benedetti, Stefania De ^a   Bühl, Henrike ^a   Gaballah, Ahmed ^a,b   Klöckner, Anna ^a   Otten, Christian ^a   Schneider, Tanja ^a   Sahl, Hans Georg ^a   Henrichfreise, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aberrant bodies; Alanine racemase; Chlamydial anomaly; D alanine; D cycloserine; GlyA; Penicillin; Persistence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ALANINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RACEMIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ABERRANT BODIES; CHLAMYDIAL ANOMALY; D-ALANINE; D-CYCLOSERINE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GLYA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PERSISTENCE;

ABERRANT BODIES; ALANINE RACEMASE; CHLAMYDIAL ANOMALY; D-ALANINE; D-CYCLOSERINE; GLYA; PENICILLIN; PERSISTENCE;

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84897925850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00019     Document Type: Article

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