Identification of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase in the complete lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose metabolic pathway in Bifidobacterium longum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6444-6449

  Nishimoto, Mamoru ^a   Kitaoka, Motomitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; INTESTINAL COLONIZATION; KINASE; METABOLIC PATHWAY;

AMINES; BACTERIA; GENE ENCODING; METABOLISM; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

GALACTO N BIOSE; GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; HEXOSAMINE; HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; LACTO N BIOSE I; LACTO N BIOSE PHOSPHORYLASE; LACTOSE; MUCIN; N ACETYLHEXOSAMINE 1 KINASE; N ACETYLHEXOSAMINE 1 PHOSPHATE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHORYLASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MILK;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE LOCATION; LNPABCD GENE; LNPB GENE; LNPC GENE; LNPD GENE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DISACCHARIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXOSAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 35448959649     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01425-07     Document Type: Article

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