Functional and topological analysis of the Burkholderia cenocepacia priming glucosyltransferase BceB, involved in the biosynthesis of the cepacian exopolysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5013-5018

  Videira, Paula A ^a   Garcia, Abbner P ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCEB; PROTEIN PHOA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; CATALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21844468495     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.5013-5018.2005     Document Type: Article

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