The Emb proteins of mycobacteria direct arabinosylation of lipoarabinomannan and arabinogalactan via an N-terminal recognition region and a C-terminal synthetic region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-76

  Zhang, Nannan ^a   Torrelles, Jordi B ^a   McNeil, Michael R ^a   Escuyer, Vincent E ^b   Khoo, Kay Hooi ^c   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Chatterjee, Delphi ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTAN; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MANNAN; PROTEIN EMB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYBRID GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GALACTANS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0141818945     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03681.x     Document Type: Article

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