Structural and functional divergence of the newly identified GtrIc from its Gtr family of conserved Shigella flexneri serotype-converting glucosyltransferases

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 114-122

  Ramiscal, Roybel R ^a   Tang, Swee Seong ^a,b   Korres, Haralambos ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Glucosyltransferase; GtrIc; Membrane dipping loop; Transmembrane topology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN GTRIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT PROTEINS; PERIPLASM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 77950230175     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687680903552250     Document Type: Article

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