Publication Date:
2014-07-02
Description:
Article Proteins containing LysM domains recognize polysaccharides such as chitin and peptidoglycan, the main components of fungal and bacterial cell walls. Here the authors describe the molecular interactions between peptidoglycan and a LysM domain from the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Enterococcus faecalis . Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5269 Authors: Stéphane Mesnage, Mariano Dellarole, Nicola J. Baxter, Jean-Baptiste Rouget, Jordan D. Dimitrov, Ning Wang, Yukari Fujimoto, Andrea M. Hounslow, Sébastien Lacroix-Desmazes, Koichi Fukase, Simon J. Foster, Michael P. Williamson
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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