Biochemical characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis polysialyltransferase reveals novel functional motifs in bacterial sialyltransferases

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1258-1275

  Freiberger, Friedrich ^a   Claus, Heike ^b   Günzel, Almut ^a   Oltmann Norden, Imke ^a   Vionnet, Justine ^c   Mühlenhoff, Martina ^a   Vogel, Ulrich ^b   Vann, Willie F ^c   Gerardy Schahn, Rita ^a   Stummeyer, Katharina ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYSIALYTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHILD; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIALIC ACIDS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 34547870545     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05862.x     Document Type: Article

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