Biosynthesis of UDP-xylose and UDP-arabinose in sinorhizobium meliloti 1021: First characterization of a bacterial UDP-xylose synthase, and UDPxylose 4-epimerase

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 260-269

  Gu, Xiaogang ^a   Lee, Sung G ^a   Bar Peled, Maor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE ARABINOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOXY-LYASES; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; OPERON; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 78650752821     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.040758-0     Document Type: Article

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