Purification and characterization of the bacterial UDP-GlcNAc:Undecaprenyl- phosphate GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase WecA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7141-7146

  Al Dabbagh, Bayan ^a   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a,b   Bouhss, Ahmed ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; DETERGENT; LIPID; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN WECA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SALTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS); TUNICAMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55749110442     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00676-08     Document Type: Article

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