L,D-Transpeptidase Specific Probe Reveals Spatial Activity of Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking
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Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase-Mediated Control of the Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking l,d-Transpeptidase Pathway in Enterococcus faecium
The last step of peptidoglycan polymerization involves two families of unrelated transpeptidases that are the essential targets of β-lactam antibiotics. D,D-transpeptidases of the penicillin-binding protein (PBP) family are active-site serine enzymes that use pentapeptide precursors and are the main or exclusive cross-linking enzymes in nearly all bacteria. However, peptidoglycan cross-linking ...
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عنوان ژورنال: ACS Chemical Biology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1554-8929,1554-8937
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00427