학술논문
Crystal structure of undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase and its role in peptidoglycan biosynthesis
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2041-1723
Abstract
Bacterial cell wall components are assembled in a transmembrane cycle that involves the membrane integral pyrophosphorylase, BacA. Here the authors solve the crystal structure of BacA which shows an interdigitated inverted topology repeat that hints towards a flippase function for BacA.