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. 1984 Nov;160(2):824–825. doi: 10.1128/jb.160.2.824-825.1984

Trapping of the substrate-derived acyl enzyme intermediate of purified penicillin-binding protein 1a of Escherichia coli.

H Amanuma, J L Strominger
PMCID: PMC214818  PMID: 6389502

Abstract

Purified penicillin-binding protein 1a of Escherichia coli formed an acyl enzyme intermediate with the highly reactive synthetic substrate diacetyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-lactate at acid pH, although in extremely low yields.

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