Practical spectrophotometric assay for the dapE-encoded N-succinyl-L,L-diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase, a potential antibiotic target.

A new enzymatic assay for the bacterial enzyme succinyl-diaminopimelate desuccinylase (DapE, E.C. 3.5.1.18) is described. This assay employs N6-methyl-N2-succinyl-L,L-diaminopimelic acid (N6-methyl-L,L-SDAP) as the substrate with ninhydrin used to detect cleavage of the amide bond of the modified su...

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Main Authors: Tahirah K Heath, Marlon R Lutz, Cory T Reidl, Estefany R Guzman, Claire A Herbert, Boguslaw P Nocek, Richard C Holz, Kenneth W Olsen, Miguel A Ballicora, Daniel P Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5919655?pdf=render