Crystal structure of TDP-fucosamine acetyltransferase (WecD) from Escherichia coli, an enzyme required for enterobacterial common antigen synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5606-5617

  Hung, Ming Ni ^a   Rangarajan, Erumbi ^b   Munger, Christine ^b   Nadeau, Guy ^b   Sulea, Traian ^a   Matte, Allan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 4,6 DIDEOXY DEXTRO GALACTOSE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BILE SALT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COENZYME A; ENTEROBACTERIAL COMMON ANTIGEN; HISTONE; N ACETYL DEXTRO MANNOSAMINURONIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN WECD; SEROTONIN; TRISACCHARIDE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33746591760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00306-06     Document Type: Article

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