AftD, a novel essential arabinofuranosyltransferase from mycobacteria

Glycobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1235-1247

  Škovierová, Henrieta ^a   Larrouy Maumus, Gérald ^b,c   Zhang, Jian ^a   Kaur, Devinder ^a   Barilone, Nathalie ^d   Korduláková, Jana ^e   Gilleron, Martine ^b,c   Guadagnini, Stéphanie ^d   Belanová, Martina ^e   Prevost, Marie Christine ^d   Gicquel, Brigitte ^d   Puzo, Germain ^b,c   Chatterjee, Delphi ^a   Brennan, Patrick J ^a   Nigou, Jérôme ^b,c   Jackson, Mary ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale)   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan; Arabinosyltransferase; Lipoarabinomannan; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARABINOFURANOSYLTRANSFERASE; ARABINOGALACTAN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORD FACTOR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; PROTEIN AFTD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GALACTANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

ARA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70349984000     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp116     Document Type: Article

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