A UDP-HexNAc:polyprenol-P GalNAc-1-P transferase (WecP) representing a new subgroup of the enzyme family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1943-1952

  Merino, Susana ^a   Jimenez, Natalia ^a   Molero, Raquel ^a   Bouamama, Lamiaa ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEXOSAMINE; TRANSFERASE; UDP DEXTRO N ACETYLHEXOSAMINE; UDP HEXNAC:POLYPRENOL P HEXNAC-1 P TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL PHOSPHATE; WBAP PROTEIN; WECP PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 79955430455     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01441-10     Document Type: Article

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