Cj1123c (PglD), a multifaceted acetyltransferase from Campylobacter jejuni

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-483

  Demendi, Melinda ^a   Creuzenet, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetyltransferase; Campylobacter jejuni; Cj1123c; Protein glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ACETYL-COA; ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ACYL-COA; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BUTYRYL-COA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CJ1123C; ENGINEERING TOOLS; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; GLYCOSYLATED; MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS; N-ACETYLATION; N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; N-GLYCOSYLATION; O-GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERAPEUTIC TARGETS;

AMINATION; AMINES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; GLYCOSYLATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ESTERIFICATION;

ACETYLTRANSFERASE CJ1123C; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BUTYRYL COENZYME A; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE 4 AMINO 4,6 DIDEOXY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

ACETYLATION; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA PRIMERS; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 66349134115     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-002     Document Type: Article

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