The Haemophilus influenzae HMW1 adhesin is glycosylated in a process that requires HMW1C and phosphoglucomutase, an enzyme involved in lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 737-751

  Grass, Susan ^a   Buscher, Amy Z ^a   Swords, W Edward ^b   Apicella, Michael A ^c   Barenkamp, Stephen J ^d   Ozchlewski, Neil ^e   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HMW1 ADHESIN; HMW1B ADHESIN; HMW1C ADHESIN; HMW2 ADHESIN; HMW2B ADHESIN; HMW2C ADHESIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL INTERACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSYLATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOSYLATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037673430     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03450.x     Document Type: Article

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