The haemophilus influenzae HMW1c protein is a glycosyltransferase that transfers hexose residues to asparagine sites in the HMW1 adhesin

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Grass, Susan ^a   Lichti, Cheryl F ^b   Townsend, R Reid ^b   Gross, Julia ^b   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ASPARAGINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOSE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT 1C PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HMW1 PROTEIN, BACTERIA; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ASPARAGINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEXOSES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 77954080496     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000919     Document Type: Article

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