The monofunctional glycosyltransferase of Escherichia coli is a member of a new class of peptidoglycan-synthesising enzymes.

Abstract:

:Using conserved fingerprints in the glycosyltransferase (GTase) domain of high-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBP), a gene (mgt) encoding a putative monofunctional glycosyltransferase has been identified in Haemophilus influenzae and in other bacteria] species. Here we report the cloning of the homologous Escherichia coli gene and show that the solubilised membrane fraction of E. coli cells overexpressing the mgt gene contain a significantly increased peptidoglycan synthesis activity. In contrast to the high-molecular-weight PBPs, this activity is not inhibited by Flavomycin.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Di Berardino M,Dijkstra A,Stüber D,Keck W,Gubler M

doi

10.1016/0014-5793(96)00809-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-08-26 00:00:00

pages

184-8

issue

2

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

0014579396008095

journal_volume

392

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