Streptococcus mutans SMU.623c codes for a functional, metal-dependent polysaccharide deacetylase that modulates interactions with salivary agglutinin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 394-402

  Dong, Mei Deng ^a   Urch, Jonathan E ^b   Ten Cate, Jacob M ^a   Rao, Vincenzo A ^b   Van Aalten, Daan M F ^b   Crielaard, Wim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AGGLUTININ; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE ESTERASE; CHITOOLIOGOSACCHARIDE; ESTERASE; LYSOZYME; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE DEACETYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITIN; METAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PGDA BACTERIAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGGLUTININS; AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CHITIN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; METALS; MURAMIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 58149488638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00838-08     Document Type: Article

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