Protein-protein interactions among the components of the biosynthetic machinery responsible for exopolysaccharide production in Streptococcus thermophilus MR-1C

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 801-812

  Cefalo, A D ^a   Broadbent, J R ^a   Welker, D L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis; Protein protein interactions; Streptococcus thermophilus; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; METABOLITES; PHOSPHATASES; YEAST;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FUSION PROTEINS; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSMEMBRANES; TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION; YEAST TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYL 1 PHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPSE; PROTEIN CPSL; PROTEIN CPSP; PROTEIN CPSQ; PROTEIN CPSS; PROTEIN CPSU; PROTEIN CPSW; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN WZD; PROTEIN WZE; PROTEIN WZG; PROTEIN WZH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 79551685198     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04935.x     Document Type: Article

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