Overexpression of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli results in decreased biosynthesis of K5 polysaccharide

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 767-772

  Roman, Elisabet ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b   Lidholt, Kerstin ^a   Kusche Gullberg, Marion ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial capsule; Escherichia coli; Glycosaminoglycan; K5 polysaccharide; UDP glucose dehydrogenase; UDP glucuronic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; POLYSACCHARIDES;

METABOLIC LABELLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE K5; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; KFID PROTEIN, E COLI; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC VECTORS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFECTION; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

EID: 0141567660     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030365     Document Type: Article

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