Two Major Archaeal Pseudomurein Endoisopeptidases: PeiW and PeiP

PeiW (UniProtKB Q7LYX0) and PeiP (UniProtKB Q77WJ4) are the two major pseudomurein endoisopeptidases (Pei) that are known to cleave pseudomurein cell-wall sacculi of the members of the methanogenic orders Methanobacteriales and Methanopyrales. Both enzymes, originating from prophages specific for so...

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Main Authors: Ganesh Ram R. Visweswaran, Bauke W. Dijkstra, Jan Kok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/480492