Conserved amino acid residues found in a predicted cytosolic domain of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic protein WecA are implicated in the recognition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3015-3025

  Amer, A O ^a   Valvano, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane protein; O antigen biosynthesis; Transferase; Tunicamycin; Undecaprenol

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HISTIDINE; HISTIDYLISOLEUCYLHISTIDYLHISTIDINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYISOPRENYLPHOSPHATE N ACETYLHEXOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; WECA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYPOTHESIS; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035173340     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-11-3015     Document Type: Article

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