Penicillin-Binding Proteins
"Penicillin-Binding Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Bacterial proteins that share the property of binding irreversibly to PENICILLINS and other ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS derived from LACTAMS. The penicillin-binding proteins are primarily enzymes involved in CELL WALL biosynthesis including MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; TRANSPEPTIDASES; and HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES.
Descriptor ID |
D046915
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.710 D12.776.097.545
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Concept/Terms |
Penicillin-Binding Proteins- Penicillin-Binding Proteins
- Penicillin Binding Proteins
- Proteins, Penicillin-Binding
- Penicillin-Binding Protein
- Penicillin Binding Protein
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