The glucosyl-1-phosphate transferase WchA (Cap8E) primes the capsular polysaccharide repeat unit biosynthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 327, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 857-865

  Pelosi, Ludovic ^a   Boumedienne, Manel ^a   Saksouk, Nehmé ^a   Geiselmann, Johannes ^a   Geremia, Roberto A ^a  

^a Inst Jean Roget Fac Med P   (France)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cap8E; Capsular polysaccharide; Glucosyl 1P transferase; Pathogen bacteria; Serotype 8; Streptococcus pneumoniae; WchA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGENIN; O ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11844270558     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.12.082     Document Type: Article

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