The first committed step in the biosynthesis of sialic acid by Escherichia coli K1 does not involve a phosphorylated N-acetylmannosamine intermediate

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 961-975

  Ringenberg, Michael A ^a   Steenbergen, Susan M ^a   Vimr, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; MANNOSAMINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE 2 EPIMERASE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE KINASE; POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALATE ALDOLASE; SIALATE LYASE; SIALATE SYNTHASE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSAMINES; HISTIDINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242437818     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03741.x     Document Type: Article

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