The glycosyltransferases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Roles in the synthesis of arabinogalactan, lipoarabinomannan, and other glycoconjugates

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Berg, Stefan ^a   Kaur, Devinder ^b   Jackson, Mary ^c   Brennan, Patrick J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Classification; Glycosyltransferase; Lipoarabinomannan; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; MYCOLIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN EMB; SUGAR; TRANSFERASE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOPHILICITY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GALACTANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447312195     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm010     Document Type: Review

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