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Evolution of transmembrane protein kinases implicated in coordinating remodeling of gram-positive peptidoglycan: inside versus outside.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2006
Jones Greg, Dyson Paul
Abstract excerpt
Members of a family of serine/threonine protein kinases (STPKs), unique to gram-positive bacteria, comprise an intracellular kinase domain and reiterated extracellular PASTA (for "penicillin-binding protein and serine/threonine kinase associated") domains. PASTA domains exhibit low affinity for beta-lactam antibiotics that are structurally similar to their likely normal ligands: stem peptides of unlinked...
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