crystallization communications
OXA-23-producing A. baumannii K0420859 can resist the action of carbapenem, and causes bacteraemia, pneumonia, other respiratory-tract and urinary-tract infections in humans. As a novel target for an antibacterial drug against A. baumannii OXA-23, D-alanine-D-alanine ligase from A. baumannii was purified and crystallized, and a primary X-ray crystallographic analysis was performed.