In vitro biosynthesis of ether-type glycolipids in the methanoarchaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4053-4061

  Morii, Hiroyuki ^a   Eguchi, Tadashi ^b   Koga, Yosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAETIDYLINOSITOL; CALDARCHAETIDYLINOSITOL; CELL EXTRACT; DIGLUCOSYLARCHAEOL SYNTHASE; DIGLUCOSYLCALDARCHAETIDYLINOSITOL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GENTIOBIOSYL; GLUCOSYLARCHAEOL; GLUCOSYLCALDARCHAETIDYLINOSITOL; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENOID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOGLUCOSYLARCHAEOL SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM ION; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HOMOGENATE; LIPOGENESIS; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCERYL ETHERS; GLYCOLIPIDS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARCHAEA; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 34249819063     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01875-06     Document Type: Article

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