Guanosine diphosphate-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose reductase in the pathway for the synthesis of GDP-6-deoxy-D-talose in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5963-5971

  Suzuki, Nao ^a   Nakano, Yoshio ^a   Yoshida, Yasuo ^a   Nezu, Takashi ^a   Terada, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamashita, Yoshihisa ^b   Koga, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

6 deoxytalose; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; NMR; Polysaccharide; Serotype specific antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE 4 KETO 6 DEOXY DEXTRO MANNOSE REDUCTASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE ALPHA DEXTRO MANNOSE 4,6 DEHYDRATASE; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEOXY SUGARS; DNA PRIMERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HEXOSES; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036443926     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03331.x     Document Type: Article

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