RhlA converts β-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein intermediates in fatty acid synthesis to the β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoate component of rhamnolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3147-3154

  Zhu, Kun ^a   Rock, Charles O ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BETA HYDROXYDECANOYL BETA HYDROXYDECANOATE; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN RHLA; RHAMNOLIPID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DECANOIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX, TYPE II; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCOLIPIDS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 42549137476     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00080-08     Document Type: Article

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