Atomic model of a cell-wall cross-linking enzyme in complex with an intact bacterial peptidoglycan.
Schanda, P., Triboulet, S., Laguri, C., Bougault, C.M., Ayala, I., Callon, M., Arthur, M., Simorre, J.P.(2014) J Am Chem Soc 136: 17852-17860
- PubMed: 25429710 
- DOI: 10.1021/ja5105987
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2MTZ - PubMed Abstract: 
The maintenance of bacterial cell shape and integrity is largely attributed to peptidoglycan, a highly cross-linked biopolymer. The transpeptidases that perform this cross-linking are important targets for antibiotics. Despite this biomedical importance, to date no structure of a protein in complex with an intact bacterial peptidoglycan has been resolved, primarily due to the large size and flexibility of peptidoglycan sacculi ...