Functional characterization and membrane topology of Escherichia coli WecA, a sugar-phosphate transferase initiating the biosynthesis of enterobacterial common antigen and O-antigen lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2618-2628

  Lehrer, Jason ^a   Vigeant, Karen A ^a,b   Tatar, Laura D ^a   Valvano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Bioniche Life Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE; O ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATE; PRENYLAMINE; PROTEIN WECA; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFERASES; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34147112161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01905-06     Document Type: Article

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