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Atomic model of a cell-wall cross-linking enzyme in complex with an intact bacterial peptidoglycan.
Journal of the American Chemical Society - 24 Dec 2014
Schanda Paul, Triboulet Sébastien, Laguri Cédric, Bougault Catherine M, Ayala Isabel, Callon Morgane, Arthur Michel, Simorre Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
The maintenance of bacterial cell shape and integrity is largely attributed to peptidoglycan, a highly cross-linked biopolymer. The transpeptidases that perform this cross-linking are important targets for antibiotics. Despite this biomedical importance, to date no structure of a protein in complex with an intact bacterial peptidoglycan has been resolved, primarily due to the large size and flexibility of...
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