Activities and regulation of peptidoglycan synthases

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1679, 2015, Pages

  Egan, Alexander J F ^a   Biboy, Jacob ^a   van’t Veer, Inge ^b   Breukink, Eefjan ^b   Vollmer, Waldemar ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carboxypeptidase; Glycosyltransferase; Lipid II; Penicillin binding protein; Peptidoglycan; Transpeptidase

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID; PEPTIDE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84941712153     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0031     Document Type: Review

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