Characterization of Escherichia coli D-arabinose 5-phosphate isomerase encoded by kpsF: Implications for group 2 capsule biosynthesis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 427-432

  Meredith, Timothy C ^a   Woodard, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

3 deoxy d manno octulosonate (Kdo); D arabinose 5 phosphate isomerase (API); Escherichia coli; Group 2 capsule biosynthesis; K antigen; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

3-DEOXY-D-MANNO-OCTULOSONATE (KDO); D-ARABINOSE 5-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE (API); GROUP 2 CAPSULE BIOSYNTHESIS; K-ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ENZYME KINETICS;

3 DEOXY DEXTRO MANNO OCTULOSONATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; DEXTRO ARABINOSE 5 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; DEXTRO RIBULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KPSF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABINOSE-5-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; ARABINOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISOMERASE; KPSF PROTEIN, E COLI; METAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645754945     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051828     Document Type: Article

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