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Cytosolic intermediates for cell wall biosynthesis and degradation control inducible beta-lactam resistance in gram-negative bacteria.
Cell - 21 Mar 1997
Jacobs C, Frère J M, Normark S
Abstract excerpt
beta-lactam induction of chromosomal beta-lactamase in gram-negative bacteria requires the transcriptional regulator AmpR and the transport of murein breakdown products (muropeptides) into the cytoplasm. In vitro transcription shows that purified AmpR acts as an activator for ampC beta-lactamase synthesis. The murein precursor, UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide, decreases AmpR-mediated transcriptional activation in vitro,...
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