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- Formation of the glycan chains in the synthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan. (2001) (210)
- Copurification of glucosamine-1-phosphate acetyltransferase and N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activities of Escherichia coli: characterization of the glmU gene product as a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing two subsequent steps in the pathway for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis (1994) (194)
- Cytoplasmic steps of peptidoglycan synthesis in Escherichia coli (1982) (182)
- The murG gene of Escherichia coli codes for the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: N-acetylmuramyl-(pentapeptide) pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol N-acetylglucosamine transferase involved in the membrane steps of peptidoglycan synthesis (1991) (180)
- Characterization of the Essential Gene glmM Encoding Phosphoglucosamine Mutase in Escherichia coli(*) (1996) (176)
- The catalytic, glycosyl transferase and acyl transferase modules of the cell wall peptidoglycan‐polymerizing penicillin‐binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli (1999) (166)
- Recent advances in the formation of the bacterial peptidoglycan monomer unit. (2001) (154)
- Modification of peptidoglycan precursors is a common feature of the low-level vancomycin-resistant VANB-type Enterococcus D366 and of the naturally glycopeptide-resistant species Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Enterococcus gallinarum (1994) (154)
- Identification of the glmU gene encoding N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase in Escherichia coli (1993) (154)
- Topological analysis of the MraY protein catalysing the first membrane step of peptidoglycan synthesis (1999) (146)
- Determination of the MurD mechanism through crystallographic analysis of enzyme complexes. (1999) (140)
- Membrane intermediates in the peptidoglycan metabolism of Escherichia coli: possible roles of PBP 1b and PBP 3 (1992) (138)
- Novel Mechanism of β-Lactam Resistance Due to Bypass of DD-Transpeptidation in Enterococcus faecium * (2000) (133)
- Crystal Structure of UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanyl-d-glutamate:meso-Diaminopimelate Ligase from Escherichia Coli * (2001) (131)
- Identification of the mpl gene encoding UDP-N-acetylmuramate: L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelate ligase in Escherichia coli and its role in recycling of cell wall peptidoglycan (1996) (130)
- In vitro peptidoglycan polymerization catalysed by penicillin binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli K‐12 (1980) (127)
- Crystal structure of UDP‐N‐acetylmuramoyl‐L‐alanine:D‐glutamate ligase from Escherichia coli (1997) (124)
- Induction and control of the autolytic system of Escherichia coli (1982) (119)
- Effect of growth conditions on peptidoglycan content and cytoplasmic steps of its biosynthesis in Escherichia coli (1985) (111)
- Lipid Intermediates in the Biosynthesis of Bacterial Peptidoglycan (2007) (110)
- Invariant amino acids in the Mur peptide synthetases of bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis and their modification by site-directed mutagenesis in the UDP-MurNAc:L-alanine ligase from Escherichia coli. (1997) (97)
- Polymerization by transglycosylation in the biosynthesis of the peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli K 12 and its inhibition by antibiotics (1978) (95)
- Phosphinate Inhibitors of the D-Glutamic Acid-Adding Enzyme of Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis. (1996) (94)
- The murI gene of Escherichia coli is an essential gene that encodes a glutamate racemase activity (1993) (92)
- "Open" structures of MurD: domain movements and structural similarities with folylpolyglutamate synthetase. (2000) (84)
- Aslfm, the D-Aspartate Ligase Responsible for the Addition of D-Aspartic Acid onto the Peptidoglycan Precursor of Enterococcus faecium* (2006) (80)
- Balance between Two Transpeptidation Mechanisms Determines the Expression of β-Lactam Resistance in Enterococcus faecium * (2002) (80)
- Pool levels of UDP N-acetylglucosamine and UDP N-acetylglucosamine-enolpyruvate in Escherichia coli and correlation with peptidoglycan synthesis (1983) (78)
- Reaction mechanism of phosphoglucosamine mutase from Escherichia coli. (1999) (77)
- Reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography of uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramyl peptide precursors of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan. (1981) (77)
- Over-production, purification and properties of the uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase from Escherichia coli. (1995) (74)
- Probing the Role of Cysteine Residues in Glucosamine-1-Phosphate Acetyltransferase Activity of the Bifunctional GlmU Protein fromEscherichia coli: Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Characterization of the Mutant Enzymes (1998) (73)
- The bimodular G57-V577 polypeptide chain of the class B penicillin-binding protein 3 of Escherichia coli catalyzes peptide bond formation from thiolesters and does not catalyze glycan chain polymerization from the lipid II intermediate (1997) (71)
- Inducible carboxypeptidase activity in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (1992) (70)
- The femR315 gene from Staphylococcus aureus, the interruption of which results in reduced methicillin resistance, encodes a phosphoglucosamine mutase (1997) (69)
- Purification and characterization of the D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli. (1990) (68)
- Synthesis of the l-Alanyl-l-alanine Cross-bridge of Enterococcus faecalis Peptidoglycan* (2002) (67)
- Autolysis of Escherichia coli (1980) (67)
- Effects of moenomycin on Escherichia coli. (1987) (67)
- Peptidoglycan synthesis and structure in Staphylococcus haemolyticus expressing increasing levels of resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics (1996) (66)
- Fluorescence Detection-Based Functional Assay for High-Throughput Screening for MraY (2004) (64)
- Incorporation of LL-diaminopimelic acid into peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli mutants lacking diaminopimelate epimerase encoded by dapF (1988) (63)
- Association constants for the binding of vancomycin and teicoplanin to N-acetyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine and N-acetyl-D-alanyl-D-serine. (1994) (62)
- Multilayered distribution of peptidoglycan in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. (1989) (61)
- Contribution of the Pmra Promoter to Expression of Genes in the Escherichia coli mra Cluster of Cell Envelope Biosynthesis and Cell Division Genes (1998) (60)
- Envelope-bound N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase of Escherichia coli K 12. Purification and properties of the enzyme. (1975) (59)
- Organization of the murE-murG region of Escherichia coli: identification of the murD gene encoding the D-glutamic-acid-adding enzyme (1989) (57)
- Structure of the meso-diaminopimelic acid containing peptidoglycans in Escherichia coli B and Bacillus megaterium KM. (1969) (56)
- Identification of the Escherichia coli murI gene, which is required for the biosynthesis of D-glutamic acid, a specific component of bacterial peptidoglycan (1992) (56)
- Expression of the Staphylococcus aureusUDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl- l-Alanyl-d-Glutamate:l-Lysine Ligase in Escherichia coli and Effects on Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis and Cell Growth (1999) (55)
- Role of the ortholog and paralog amino acid invariants in the active site of the UDP-MurNAc-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (MurD). (1999) (55)
- Glycopeptide Resistance vanA Operons in Paenibacillus Strains Isolated from Soil (2005) (53)
- The final step of peptidoglycan subunit assembly in Escherichia coli occurs in the cytoplasm (1993) (52)
- Over-production, purification and properties of the uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase from Escherichia coli. (1991) (49)
- MurC and MurD synthetases of peptidoglycan biosynthesis: borohydride trapping of acyl-phosphate intermediates. (2002) (48)
- Replacement of diaminopimelic acid by cystathionine or lanthionine in the peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli (1994) (48)
- Evidence of a functional requirement for a carbamoylated lysine residue in MurD, MurE and MurF synthetases as established by chemical rescue experiments. (2001) (48)
- Over-production, purification and properties of the uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate: meso-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase from Escherichia coli. (1990) (46)
- Autophosphorylation of Phosphoglucosamine Mutase from Escherichia coli (2000) (44)
- Analysis of peptidoglycan precursors in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (1992) (44)
- Identification of the UDP-MurNAc-Pentapeptide:l-Alanine Ligase for Synthesis of Branched Peptidoglycan Precursors in Enterococcus faecalis (2001) (43)
- Presence of UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-hexapeptides and -heptapeptides in enterococci and staphylococci after treatment with ramoplanin, tunicamycin, or vancomycin (1997) (42)
- Peptidoglycan structure of Lactobacillus casei, a species highly resistant to glycopeptide antibiotics (1997) (40)
- Partial purification and specificity studies of the D-glutamate-adding and D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzymes from Escherichia coli K12. (1987) (39)
- Effect of various analogues of D-glutamic acid on the D-glutamate-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli. (1994) (38)
- Correlation between degradation and ultrastructure of peptidoglycan during autolysis of Escherichia coli (1985) (38)
- Replacement of the essential penicillin-binding protein 5 by high-molecular mass PBPs may explain vancomycin-beta-lactam synergy in low-level vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium D366. (1992) (37)
- Study of the reaction mechanism of the D-glutamic acid-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli. (1996) (36)
- Peptidoglycan structure of Enterococcus faecium expressing vancomycin resistance of the VanB type. (1996) (34)
- Variations in UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-pentapeptide pools in Escherichia coli after inhibition of protein synthesis (1989) (34)
- The glutamate racemase activity from Escherichia coli is regulated by peptidoglycan precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine. (1994) (32)
- Formation of adenosine 5′‐tetraphosphate from the acyl phosphate intermediate: a difference between the MurC and MurD synthetases of Escherichia coli (1999) (32)
- A MurG assay which utilises a synthetic analogue of lipid I. (2003) (32)
- Dissection of the Bifunctional Escherichia coli N-Acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate Uridyltransferase Enzyme into Autonomously Functional Domains and Evidence That Trimerization Is Absolutely Required for Glucosamine-1-phosphate Acetyltransferase Activity and Cell Growth* (2001) (31)
- Correlation between the structure of the bacterial peptidoglycan monomer unit, the specificity of transpeptidation, and susceptibility to beta-lactams. (2000) (30)
- Specificity of the uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate: meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase from Escherichia coli. (1985) (30)
- Peptidoglycan precursor pools associated with MraY and FtsW deficiencies or antibiotic treatments. (2005) (30)
- Antibacterial and hemolytic activities of linenscin OC2, a hydrophobic substance produced by Brevibacterium linens OC2. (1997) (28)
- Assembly of the monomer unit of bacterial peptidoglycan (1998) (27)
- Nucleotide sequence of the murF gene encoding the UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide synthetase of Escherichia coli. (1989) (27)
- Effect of analogues of diaminopimelic acid on the meso‐diaminopimelate‐adding enzyme from Escherichia coli (1996) (26)
- Inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Bacillus megaterium by daptomycin. (1990) (26)
- Effects of sub-minimal inhibitory concentrations of EDTA on growth of Escherichia coli and the release of lipopolysaccharide. (1994) (25)
- Revised interpretation of the sequence containing the murE gene encoding the UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-tripeptide synthetase of Escherichia coli. (1990) (24)
- Involvement of an N-Acetylglucosaminidase in Autolysis of Propionibacterium freudenreichii CNRZ 725 (1994) (24)
- Structure of the cell wall of Bacillus species C.I.P. 76-111. (1977) (24)
- Study of the overproduced uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase from Escherichia coli. (1996) (22)
- Nucleotide sequence of the cell-envelope murG gene of Escherichia coli. (1990) (21)
- Cell walls of a teichoic acid deficient mutant of Bacillus subtilis. (1971) (20)
- Effect of various alanine analogues on the L-alanine-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli. (1991) (19)
- Lysogenic Conversion for Multiple Characters in a Strain of Staphylococcus aureus (1977) (18)
- Release of D-alanyl-D-alanine from the precursor of the cell wall peptidoglycan by a peptidase of Escherichia coli K 12. (1973) (18)
- Large-scale preparation, purification, and crystallization of UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine: D-glutamate ligase from Escherichia coli. (1998) (15)
- Peptidoglycan biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: variations in the metabolism of alanine and D-alanyl-D-alanine. (1992) (14)
- Regulation of the glutamate racemase of Escherichia coli investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. (1996) (14)
- ["Lactobacillus murinus" n. sp., a new species of the autochtoneous dominant flora of the digestive tract of rat and mouse (author's transl)]. (1980) (13)
- Study of the N‐acetylmuramyl‐L‐alanine amidase activity in Escherichia coli (1971) (13)
- Synthesis of inhibitors of the meso-diaminopimelate-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli. (2009) (13)
- N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase of Escherichia coli K12. Possible physiological functions. (1983) (13)
- Correlation between the effects of fosfomycin and chloramphenicol on Escherichia coli. (1990) (12)
- The GTPase CpgA Is Implicated in the Deposition of the Peptidoglycan Sacculus in Bacillus subtilis (2008) (11)
- Partial purification of rat and human serum factors inhibiting the G1-S transition in rat hepatocytes. (1983) (9)
- Peptides containing 2-aminopimelic acid. Synthesis and study of in vitro effects on bacterial cells. (2009) (8)
- Peptidoglycan Hydrolases of Escherichia coli (2011) (8)
- Nucleotide sequence of the regulatory region of the gene pbpB of Escherichia coli. (1990) (8)
- D-D carboxypeptidase activity in Escherichia coli K 12. (1973) (8)
- An unusual type of bacterial cell-wall in a mutant of Bacillus subtilis 168. (1973) (7)
- Alpha,alpha'-diaminopimelic acid peptides. 8. Synthesis of symmetrical peptides containing meso-alpha,alpha'-diaminopimelic acid, D- or L-alanine, and L-glutamic acid. (1965) (2)
- [Isolation and characterization of N-acetyl-beta-1-4-1, 6 anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid]. (1974) (1)
- [Synthesis of the tripeptides of meso-alpha,alpha'-diaminopimelic acid and of L- and D-alanine]. (1962) (0)
- Historical Development of Modern Logic (2012) (0)
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