The substrate-binding cap of the UDP-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphatase LpxH is highly flexible, enabling facile substrate binding and product release.
Bohl, T.E., Ieong, P., Lee, J.K., Lee, T., Kankanala, J., Shi, K., Demir, O., Kurahashi, K., Amaro, R.E., Wang, Z., Aihara, H.(2018) J Biol Chem 293: 7969-7981
- PubMed: 29626094 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.002503
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5WLY - PubMed Abstract: 
Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a secondary membrane of which the outer leaflet is composed of the glycolipid lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which guards against hydrophobic toxins, including many antibiotics. Therefore, LPS synthesis in bacteria ...