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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

d-Alanine-d-alanine ligase as a model for the activation of ATP-grasp enzymes by monovalent cations.

Jordan L Pederick, Andrew P Thompson, Stephen G Bell, John B Bruning

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jordan L PederickInstitute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4048-9771
Andrew P ThompsonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Stephen G BellDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7457-9727
John B BruningInstitute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia john.bruning@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-6919-1824
The University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ATP-grasp superfamily of enzymes shares an atypical nucleotide-binding site known as the ATP-grasp fold. These enzymes are involved in many biological pathways in all domains of life. One ATP-grasp enzyme, d-alanine-d-alanine ligase (Ddl), catalyzes ATP-dependent formation of the d-alanyl-d-alanine dipeptide essential for bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and is therefore an important antibiotic drug target. Ddl is activated by the monovalent cation (MVC) K

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphateBiocatalysisCations, MonovalentMetals, AlkaliModels, MolecularPeptide SynthasesThermus thermophilusAdenosine TriphosphateCations, MonovalentD-alanylalanine synthetaseMetals, AlkaliPeptide SynthasesATP-graspd-alanine–d-alanine ligase (Ddl)enzyme catalysisenzyme kineticsenzyme mechanismenzyme structuremetal activationmetal ion–protein interactionmonovalent cationstructural biologyX-ray crystallography

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PMID32335509
PMCPMC7278361
OpenAlexW3020508305

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