Purification and mutagenesis of LpxL, the lauroyltransferase of Escherichia coli lipid A biosynthesis

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 8623-8637

  Six, David A ^a   Carty, Sherry M ^a   Guan, Ziqiang ^a   Raetz, Christian R H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOOD ADDITIVES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSAMINE; LAURATE; LIPID A; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL ENZYME; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; LIPID A; MONOMER; PROTEIN LPXL; PYRANOSIDE;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; MICELLE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIPID A; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TETRA;

EID: 49749152413     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi800873n     Document Type: Article

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