| Literature DB >> 19329637 |
Patrick Veiga1, Michael Erkelenz, Elvis Bernard, Pascal Courtin, Saulius Kulakauskas, Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier.
Abstract
We show that in Lactococcus lactis, the gene asnH encodes the asparagine synthase involved in amidation of D-Asp present in peptidoglycan side chains and crossbridges. The level of D-Asp amidation in peptidoglycan has a strong effect on the sensitivity of bacteria to endogenous autolysins and to the cationic antimicrobials nisin and lysozyme.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19329637 PMCID: PMC2681893 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00126-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490