Identification of a new α1,2-fucosyltransferase involved in O-antigen biosynthesis of Escherichia coli O86:B7 and formation of H-type 3 blood group antigen

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 11590-11597

  Li, Mei ^a,c   Shen, Jie ^b   Liu, Xianwei ^d   Shao, Jun ^a   Yi, Wen ^b   Chow, Christine S ^a   Wang, Peng G ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PURIFICATION; SUBSTRATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCEPTOR SUBSTRATES; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; DOMAIN SWAPPING; E. COLI; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; FUSION PROTEINS; HUMAN BLOODS; IN-VIVO; NMR SPECTROSCOPIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SUBSTRATE BINDINGS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITIES; TUMOR ANTIGENS; VARIABLE DOMAINS;

ANTIGENS;

BLOOD GROUP H ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GALACTOSIDE 2 ALPHA L FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 2-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; H ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WBWK GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55249125429     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801067s     Document Type: Article

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