Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases

Vancomycin resistance in Gram-positive bacteria results from the replacement of the d-alanyl–d-alanine target of peptidoglycan precursors with d-alanyl–d-lactate or d-alanyl–d-serine (d-Ala-d-Ser), to which vancomycin has low binding affinity. VanT is one of the proteins required for the production...

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Main Authors: Meziane-Cherif, Djalal, Stogios, Peter J., Evdokimova, Elena, Egorova, Olga, Savchenko, Alexei, Courvalin, Patrice
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542195/