N-acetylglucosamine deacetylases modulate the anchoring of the gamma-glutamyl capsule to the cell wall of bacillus anthracis

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 222-230

  Candela, Thomas ^a,b   Balomenou, Stavroula ^a,c,d,e   Aucher, Willy ^a,b   Bouriotis, Vassilis ^d,e   Simore, Jean Pierre ^f   Fouet, Agnes ^a,b   Boneca, Ivo G ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^f INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; MONOMER; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE DEACETYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; LYSOZYME; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE DEACETYLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLY(GAMMA-GLUTAMIC ACID); POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIRULENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASMID; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOENZYMES; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLASMIDS; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

EID: 84902178987     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2014.0063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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