Ppm1, a novel polyprenol monophosphomannose synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 441-450

  Gurcha, Sudagar S ^a   Baulard, Alain R ^b   Kremer, Laurent ^b   Locht, Camille ^b   Moody, D Branch ^c   Muhlecker, Walter ^d   Costello, Catherine E ^d   Crick, Dean C ^e   Brennan, Patrick J ^e   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a,f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GDP mannose; Lipoarabinomannan; Mannosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES;

GLYCOSYLATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DOLICHOL MONOPHOSPHOMANNOSE SYNTHASE; LIPOARABINOMANAN; LIPOMANNAN; MODULIN; POLYPRENOL MONOPHOSPHOMANNOSE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE DISRUPTION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0347295915     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020107     Document Type: Article

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