The pilin O-glycosylation pathway of pathogenic Neisseria is a general system that glycosylates AniA, an outer membrane nitrite reductase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 378, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Ku, S C ^a   Schulz, B L ^a   Power, P M ^a   Jennings, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AniA; Glycosylation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitiis; Nitrite reductase; O Glycosylation

Indexed keywords

NITRITE REDUCTASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MUTATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 56949086533     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.025     Document Type: Article

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