Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases.
Meziane-Cherif, D., Stogios, P.J., Evdokimova, E., Egorova, O., Savchenko, A., Courvalin, P.(2015) mBio 6: e00806-e00806
- PubMed: 26265719 
- DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00806-15
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4ECL - PubMed Abstract: 
Vancomycin resistance in Gram-positive bacteria results from the replacement of the D-alanyl-D-alanine target of peptidoglycan precursors with D-alanyl-D-lactate or D-alanyl-D-serine (D-Ala-D-Ser), to which vancomycin has low binding affinity. VanT is one of the proteins required for the production of D-Ala-D-Ser-terminating precursors by converting L-Ser to D-Ser ...