Purification and characterization of an active N- Acetylglucosaminyltransferase enzyme complex from streptococci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7966-7971

  Wu, Ren ^a   Zhou, Meixian ^a,c   Wu, Hui ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; ENZYME COMPLEXES; GENE CLUSTERS; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATED; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HETERODIMER FORMATION; OPTIMAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TANDEM AFFINITY PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; PURIFICATION;

PROTEINS;

FAP1 PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE BETA 1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE BETA-1,6-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GLYCOSYLATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DIMERIZATION; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78650413684     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01434-10     Document Type: Article

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