Synthesis of CDP-activated ribitol for teichoic acid precursors in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1200-1210

  Baur, Stefanie ^a   Maries Wright, Jon ^a   Buckenmaier, Stephan ^b   Lewis, Richard J ^a   Vollmer, Waldemar ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; GENE PRODUCT; RIBITOL; RIBITOL 5 PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYL TRANSFERASE; RIBULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; TARI PROTEIN; TARJ PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LIC1 OPERON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TARIJ GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBITOL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 60849110560     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01120-08     Document Type: Article

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