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Evolution of a family of metazoan active-site-serine enzymes from penicillin-binding proteins: a novel facet of the bacterial legacy.

Peitsaro N, Polianskyte Z, Tuimala J, Pörn-Ares I, Liobikas J, Speer O, Lindholm D, Thompson J, Eriksson O.

BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Jan 28;8:26.PMID: 18226203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Structure of PBP-A from Thermosynechococcus elongatus, a penicillin-binding protein closely related to class A beta-lactamases.

Urbach C, Evrard C, Pudzaitis V, Fastrez J, Soumillion P, Declercq JP.

J Mol Biol. 2009 Feb 13;386(1):109-20. Epub 2008 Dec 9.PMID: 19100272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evolutionary connection between the catalytic subunits of DNA-dependent RNA polymerases and eukaryotic RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and the origin of RNA polymerases.

Iyer LM, Koonin EV, Aravind L.

BMC Struct Biol. 2003 Jan 28;3:1. Epub 2003 Jan 28.PMID: 12553882 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A new family of cyanobacterial penicillin-binding proteins. A missing link in the evolution of class A beta-lactamases.

Urbach C, Fastrez J, Soumillion P.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Nov 21;283(47):32516-26. Epub 2008 Sep 18.PMID: 18801739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sequences near the active site in chimeric penicillin binding proteins 5 and 6 affect uniform morphology of Escherichia coli.

Ghosh AS, Young KD.

J Bacteriol. 2003 Apr;185(7):2178-86.PMID: 12644487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Catalytic mechanism of penicillin-binding protein 5 of Escherichia coli.

Zhang W, Shi Q, Meroueh SO, Vakulenko SB, Mobashery S.

Biochemistry. 2007 Sep 4;46(35):10113-21. Epub 2007 Aug 9.PMID: 17685588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reactivity of penicillin-binding proteins with peptidoglycan-mimetic beta-lactams: what's wrong with these enzymes?

Josephine HR, Charlier P, Davies C, Nicholas RA, Pratt RF.

Biochemistry. 2006 Dec 26;45(51):15873-83. Epub 2006 Dec 1.PMID: 17176110 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evolution and origin of merlin, the product of the Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) tumor-suppressor gene.

Golovnina K, Blinov A, Akhmametyeva EM, Omelyanchuk LV, Chang LS.

BMC Evol Biol. 2005 Dec 2;5:69.PMID: 16324214 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overexpression and enzymatic characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoeae penicillin-binding protein 4.

Stefanova ME, Tomberg J, Davies C, Nicholas RA, Gutheil WG.

Eur J Biochem. 2004 Jan;271(1):23-32.PMID: 14686916 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trapping of an acyl-enzyme intermediate in a penicillin-binding protein (PBP)-catalyzed reaction.

Macheboeuf P, Lemaire D, Teller N, Martins Ados S, Luxen A, Dideberg O, Jamin M, Dessen A.

J Mol Biol. 2008 Feb 15;376(2):405-13. Epub 2007 Nov 1. Erratum in: J Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 1;381(1):248. Teller, Nathalie [added]; Luxen, André [added]. PMID: 18155726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Evolution of bacterial RNA polymerase: implications for large-scale bacterial phylogeny, domain accretion, and horizontal gene transfer.

Iyer LM, Koonin EV, Aravind L.

Gene. 2004 Jun 23;335:73-88.PMID: 15194191 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Biochemistry and comparative genomics of SxxK superfamily acyltransferases offer a clue to the mycobacterial paradox: presence of penicillin-susceptible target proteins versus lack of efficiency of penicillin as therapeutic agent.

Goffin C, Ghuysen JM.

Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2002 Dec;66(4):702-38, table of contents. Review.PMID: 12456788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evolution of transmembrane protein kinases implicated in coordinating remodeling of gram-positive peptidoglycan: inside versus outside.

Jones G, Dyson P.

J Bacteriol. 2006 Nov;188(21):7470-6. Epub 2006 Aug 25.PMID: 16936012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Substrate specificity of bacterial DD-peptidases (penicillin-binding proteins).

Pratt RF.

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2008 Jul;65(14):2138-55. Review.PMID: 18408890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The importance of a critical protonation state and the fate of the catalytic steps in class A beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins.

Golemi-Kotra D, Meroueh SO, Kim C, Vakulenko SB, Bulychev A, Stemmler AJ, Stemmler TL, Mobashery S.

J Biol Chem. 2004 Aug 13;279(33):34665-73. Epub 2004 May 19.PMID: 15152012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Origin and evolution of eukaryotic apoptosis: the bacterial connection.

Koonin EV, Aravind L.

Cell Death Differ. 2002 Apr;9(4):394-404. Review.PMID: 11965492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Identification of the prokaryotic ligand-gated ion channels and their implications for the mechanisms and origins of animal Cys-loop ion channels.

Tasneem A, Iyer LM, Jakobsson E, Aravind L.

Genome Biol. 2005;6(1):R4. Epub 2004 Dec 20.PMID: 15642096 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Expression and purification of the mitochondrial serine protease LACTB as an N-terminal GST fusion protein in Escherichia coli.

Liobikas J, Polianskyte Z, Speer O, Thompson J, Alakoskela JM, Peitsaro N, Franck M, Whitehead MA, Kinnunen PJ, Eriksson O.

Protein Expr Purif. 2006 Feb;45(2):335-42. Epub 2005 Sep 13.PMID: 16202624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Crystal structure of the 47-kDa lipoprotein of Treponema pallidum reveals a novel penicillin-binding protein.

Deka RK, Machius M, Norgard MV, Tomchick DR.

J Biol Chem. 2002 Nov 1;277(44):41857-64. Epub 2002 Aug 24.PMID: 12196546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Crystal structure of the Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein 4a, and its complex with a peptidoglycan mimetic peptide.

Sauvage E, Duez C, Herman R, Kerff F, Petrella S, Anderson JW, Adediran SA, Pratt RF, Frère JM, Charlier P.

J Mol Biol. 2007 Aug 10;371(2):528-39. Epub 2007 Jun 2.PMID: 17582436 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles