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US 5,691,161 AGranted
Peptidoglycan biosynthetic mura protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae
AssigneeEli Lilly and Company
InventorsPaul L. Skatrud, Robert B. Peery
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Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the stem peptide biosynthetic gene murA of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host cells for expressing the MurA enzyme product and a method for identifying compounds that inhibit stem peptide biosynthesis.
Claims5
A substantially pure MurA protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae having the amino acid sequence which is SEQ ID NO:
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