%0 Journal Article %A Mahapatra, Sebabrata %A Basu, Joyoti %A Beeumen, Josef van %A Kundu, Manikuntala %T Characterization of a 38 kDa penicillin-binding protein and its possible involvement in maintaining stationary-phase cells of Shigella dysenteriae %D 1994 %J Microbiology, %V 140 %N 11 %P 3177-3182 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/13500872-140-11-3177 %K penicillin-binding protein %K Shigella dysenteriae %K beta-lactam antibiotic %I Microbiology Society, %X This paper reports the first attempt to characterize the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of Shigella dysenteriae,an important human pathogen. The PBP pattern of the membranes of S. dysenteriaeclosely resembles that of Escherichia colimembranes. A 38 kDa PBP which is an important target for the penem SCH34343, the cephamycin cefoxitin and the oxacephem moxalactam, has been purified. This PBP is immunologically related to a PBP of similar molecular mass in E. coliand is present at high levels in stationary-phase cells of S. dysenteriae. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/13500872-140-11-3177