Structural and Functional Characterization of Enantiomeric Glutamic Acid Derivatives as Potential Transition State Analogue Inhibitors of Murd Ligase.
Kotnik, M., Humljan, J., Contreras-Martel, C., Oblak, M., Kristan, K., Herve, M., Blanot, D., Urleb, U., Gobec, S., Dessen, A., Solmajer, T.(2007) J Mol Biol 370: 107
- PubMed: 17507028 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.048
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2JFF, 2JFG, 2JFH - PubMed Abstract: 
Mur ligases play an essential role in the intracellular biosynthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan, the main component of the bacterial cell wall, and represent attractive targets for the design of novel antibacterials. UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (MurD) catalyses the addition of D-glutamic acid to the cytoplasmic intermediate UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine (UMA) and is the second in the series of Mur ligases ...