Structural basis for the evolution of vancomycin resistance D,D-peptidases.
Meziane-Cherif, D., Stogios, P.J., Evdokimova, E., Savchenko, A., Courvalin, P.(2014) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111: 5872-5877
- PubMed: 24711382 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402259111
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4F78, 4MUQ, 4MUR, 4MUS, 4MUT, 4OAK - PubMed Abstract: 
Vancomycin resistance in Gram-positive bacteria is due to production of cell-wall precursors ending in D-Ala-D-Lac or D-Ala-D-Ser, to which vancomycin exhibits low binding affinities, and to the elimination of the high-affinity precursors ending in D-Ala-D-Ala ...