The Escherichia coli homologue of yeast Rer2, a key enzyme of dolichol synthesis, is essential for carrier lipid formation in bacterial cell wall synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2733-2738

  Kato, Jun Ichi ^a   Fujisaki, Shingo ^b   Nakajima, Ken Ichi ^b   Nishimura, Yukinobu ^b   Sato, Miyuki ^c   Nakano, Akihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DOLICHOL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OGURA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032935778     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2733-2738.1999     Document Type: Article

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