Similar active sites in lysostaphins and D-Ala-D-Ala metallopeptidases
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Similar active sites in lysostaphins and D-Ala-D-Ala metallopeptidases.
Specific peptidases exist for nearly every amide linkage in peptidoglycan. In several cases, families of peptidoglycan hydrolases with different specificities turned out to be related. Here we show that lysostaphin-type peptidases and D-Ala-D-Ala metallopeptidases have similar active sites and share a core folding motif in otherwise highly divergent folds. The central Zn(2+) is tetrahedrally co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Protein Science
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0961-8368,1469-896X
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03515704