- Look up
transpeptidase or
transpeptidation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Transpeptidase may
refer to: DD-
Transpeptidase, a
bacterial enzyme that...
- DD-
Transpeptidase (EC 3.4.16.4, DD-peptidase, DD-
transpeptidase, DD-carboxypeptidase, D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase, D-alanyl-D-alanine-cleaving-peptidase...
- Gamma-glutamyltransferase (also γ-glutamyltransferase, GGT, gamma-GT, gamma-glutamyl
transpeptidase; EC 2.3.2.2) is a
transferase (a type of enzyme) that
catalyzes the...
- wall synthesis. PBPs are
members of a
subgroup of
transpeptidase enzymes called DD-
transpeptidases.
There are a
large number of PBPs,
usually several...
- A protein-sorting
transpeptidase is an enzyme, such as the
sortase SrtA of
Staphylococcus aureus, that
cleaves one or more
target proteins produced by...
- 5-glutamyltransferase.
Other names in
common use
include D-glutamyl
transpeptidase, and D-gamma-glutamyl
transpeptidase. This
enzyme parti****tes in d-glutamine and d-glutamate...
- bacteria. It does this by
binding to and
competitively inhibiting the
transpeptidase enzyme (also
known as penicillin-binding
proteins (PBPs)).
These PBPs...
-
penicillin than DD-
transpeptidase does, so it does not bind to the
ringlike structure of penicillin-like antibiotics. This
enables transpeptidase activity in...
- are cross-linked to form
rigid cell
walls by a
bacterial enzyme DD-
transpeptidase. A much
smaller volume of
periplasm than that in gram-negative bacteria...
- similarities. The DD-
transpeptidase then
binds the four-membered β-lactam ring of
penicillin instead of UDP-MurNAc. As a consequence, DD-
transpeptidase is inactivated...
