Environmental roles of microbial amino acid racemases

Distribution, industrial applications, and enzymatic synthesis of d-amino acids

(2015) Xiuzhen Gao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Revisiting the essentiality of glutamate racemase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2015) Sapna Morayya et al.   GENE

A vanG-type locus in Clostridium argentinense

(2015) Nicolas Berthet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Glutamate Racemase Mutants of Bacillus anthracis

(2015) So-Young Oh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Inhibitors of alanine racemase enzyme: a review

(2015) Mohammed Afzal Azam et al.   JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Collective unconscious: How gut microbes shape human behavior

(2015) Timothy G. Dinan et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH

d-Amino Acids Do Not Inhibit Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2015) Sourav Sarkar et al.   PLoS One

Differential acquisition of amino acid and peptide enantiomers within the soil microbial community and its implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil

(2015) R.C.I. Broughton et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural and Functional Adaptation of Vancomycin Resistance VanT Serine Racemases

(2015) Djalal Meziane-Cherif et al.   mBio

Identification and Characterization of Bifunctional Proline Racemase/Hydroxyproline Epimerase from Archaea: Discrimination of Substrates and Molecular Evolution

(2015) Seiya Watanabe et al.   PLoS One

Lipoteichoic Acid Synthesis and Function in Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2014) Matthew G. Percy et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

d-Amino Acids Enhance the Activity of Antimicrobials against Biofilms of Clinical Wound Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2014) Carlos J. Sanchez et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Bacterial synthesis of d-amino acids

(2014) Atanas D. Radkov et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Inhibition of glutamate racemase by substrate–product analogues

(2014) Mohan Pal et al.   BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS

D-Amino acids inhibit initial bacterial Adhesion: Thermodynamic evidence

(2014) Su-Fang Xing et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

The Clostridium difficile proline racemase is not essential for early logarithmic growth and infection

(2014) Xiaoqian Wu et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Influence of Glutamic Acid Enantiomers on C-mineralization

(2014) Pavel Formánek et al.   CHIRALITY

Investigation of the Essentiality of Glutamate Racemase in Mycobacterium smegmatis

(2014) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

D-Amino acids inhibit biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis strains from ocular infections

(2014) M. L. Ramon-Perez et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Peptidoglycan Remodeling by the Coordinated Action of Multispecific Enzymes

(2014) Laura Alvarez et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Racemization in Reverse: Evidence that D-Amino Acid Toxicity on Earth Is Controlled by Bacteria with Racemases

(2014) Gaosen Zhang et al.   PLoS One

A Novel Role for D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid of Enterococcus faecalis in Urinary Tract Infection

(2014) Dominique Wobser et al.   PLoS One

Wall Teichoic Acids of Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2013) Stephanie Brown et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Involvement of alanine racemase in germination of Bacillus cereus spores lacking an intact exosporium

(2013) Elena Venir et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Amino Acid Racemization in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

(2013) A. D. Radkov et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

D-Amino Acids Indirectly Inhibit Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis by Interfering with Protein Synthesis

(2013) S. A. Leiman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of d-amino acid aminotransferase from Lactobacillus salivarius

(2013) Jyumpei Kobayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Release and Consumption of d-Amino Acids During Growth of Marine Prokaryotes

(2013) Iñigo Azúa et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Prebiotic feeding elevates central brain derived neurotrophic factor, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunits and d-serine

(2013) Helene M. Savignac et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Abiotic Racemization Kinetics of Amino Acids in Marine Sediments

(2013) Andrew D. Steen et al.   PLoS One

The in vivo biofilm

(2013) Thomas Bjarnsholt et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structural basis for the broad specificity of a new family of amino-acid racemases

(2013) Akbar Espaillat et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

d-Aspartate acts as a signaling molecule in nervous and neuroendocrine systems

(2012) Nobutoshi Ota et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Alanine racemase from Tolypocladium inflatum: A key PLP-dependent enzyme in cyclosporin biosynthesis and a model of catalytic promiscuity

(2012) Martino L. di Salvo et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Distribution of the vanG-like gene cluster in Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

(2012) Fariza Ammam et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Lysine racemase from a lactic acid bacterium, Oenococcus oeni: structural basis of substrate specificity

(2012) Shiro Kato et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Peptidoglycan Plasticity in Bacteria: Stress-Induced Peptidoglycan Editing by Noncanonical D-Amino Acids

(2012) Pilar Horcajo et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Crystal Structures of Lysine-Preferred Racemases, the Non-Antibiotic Selectable Markers for Transgenic Plants

(2012) Hsin-Mao Wu et al.   PLoS One

Drug Discovery Targeting Amino Acid Racemases

(2011) Paola Conti et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Distinct pathways for modification of the bacterial cell wall by non-canonicalD-amino acids

(2011) Felipe Cava et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Poly-γ-d-Glutamic Acid Capsule of Bacillus anthracis Enhances Lethal Toxin Activity

(2011) Jeyoun Jang et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Regulation and Characterization of the dadRAX Locus for D-Amino Acid Catabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

(2011) W. He et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Inhibitory Effects of D-Amino Acids on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Development

(2011) A. I. Hochbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Alanine racemase mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis require D-alanine for growth and are defective for survival in macrophages and mice

(2011) D. Awasthy et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The significance of D-amino acids in soil, fate and utilization by microbes and plants: review and identification of knowledge gaps

(2011) Valerie Vranova et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochemical characterization of a novel lysine racemase from Proteus mirabilis BCRC10725

(2011) Yi-Chia Kuan et al.   PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY

Emerging knowledge of regulatory roles of d-amino acids in bacteria

(2010) Felipe Cava et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Detection and Function of the Intramolecular Disulfide Bond in Arginine Racemase: An Enzyme with Broad Substrate Specificity

(2010) Daisuke Matsui et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Origin, Microbiology, Nutrition, and Pharmacology of D-Amino Acids

(2010) Mendel Friedman   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

Upregulation of MetC Is Essential for D-Alanine-Independent Growth of an alr/dadX-Deficient Escherichia coli Strain

(2010) L. Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

D-Amino Acids Trigger Biofilm Disassembly

(2010) I. Kolodkin-Gal et al.   SCIENCE

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Lysine Racemase from a Soil Metagenomic Library

(2009) I-C. Chen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A periplasmic, pyridoxal-5′-phosphate-dependent amino acid racemase in Pseudomonas taetrolens

(2009) Daisuke Matsui et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Elucidation of the Structure ofThermotoga maritimaPeptidoglycan Reveals Two Novel Types of Cross-link

(2009) Audrey Boniface et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Proline racemases are conserved mitogens: Characterization of a Trypanosoma vivax proline racemase

(2009) Nathalie Chamond et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

D-Amino Acids Govern Stationary Phase Cell Wall Remodeling in Bacteria

(2009) H. Lam et al.   SCIENCE

d-Amino acids in the brain: d-serine in neurotransmission and neurodegeneration

(2008) Herman Wolosker et al.   FEBS Journal

d-Amino acids in the brain: structure and function of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent amino acid racemases

(2008) Tohru Yoshimura et al.   FEBS Journal

Gene cloning and characterization of a second alanine racemase from Bacillus subtilis encoded by yncD

(2008) Kara J. Pierce et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid Contributes to the Virulence of Streptococcus suis

(2008) N. Fittipaldi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Spore-Specific Alanine Racemase of Bacillus anthracis and Its Role in Suppressing Germination during Spore Development

(2008) O. N. Chesnokova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Crystal structure of PH1733, an aspartate racemase homologue, frompyrococcus horikoshiiOT3

(2008) Akiko Kita et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Glutamate racemase as a target for drug discovery

(2008) Stewart L. Fisher   Microbial Biotechnology