Arabinan-deficient mutants of Corynebacterium glutamicum and the consequent flux in decaprenylmonophosphoryl-D-arabinose metabolism

Glycobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1073-1081

  Alderwick, Luke J ^a   Dover, Lynn G ^a   Seidel, Mathias ^b   Gande, Roland ^b   Sahm, Hermann ^b   Eggeling, Lothar ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; DECAPRENYLMONOPHOSPHORYL ARABINOSE; GALACTAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABINOSE; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GALACTANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYSACCHARIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERPENES;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33749557583     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwl030     Document Type: Article

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