Identification of an α(1→6) mannopyranosyltransferase (MptA), involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum lipomanann biosynthesis, and identification of its orthologue in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1503-1517

  Mishra, Arun K ^a   Alderwick, Luke J ^a   Rittmann, Doris ^b   Tatituri, Raju V V ^a   Nigou, Jerome ^c   Gilleron, Martine ^c   Eggeling, Lothar ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MANNOPYRANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; LIPOMANNAN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548321366     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05884.x     Document Type: Article

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