Serine β-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins

Amino Acid Sequence; Bacteria/enzymology; Bacteria/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins; Carrier Proteins/chemistry; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; Hexosyltransferases; Molecular Sequence Data; Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase/chemistry; Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase/metabolism; Penicillin Resistance/physiology; Penicillin-Binding Proteins; Peptidyl Transferases; Protein Conformation; beta-Lactamases/chemistry; beta-Lactamases/metabolism; bacterial wall peptidoglycan; emergence of resistance; enzyme catalysis; serine peptidascs; divergent evolution; molecular modeling; protein engineering

Research Center/Unit :

CIP - Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines - ULiège

Disciplines :

Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology

Author, co-author :

Ghuysen, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Chimie > Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines

Language :

English

Title :

Serine β-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins

Publication date :

1991

Journal title :

Annual Review of Microbiology

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0066-4227

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1545-3251

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Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, United States - California

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Pages :

37-67

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