Lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in Corynebacterineae: The interplay of two α(1→2)-mannopyranosyltransferases MptC and MptD in mannan branching

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1241-1259

  Mishra, Arun K ^a   Krumbach, Karin ^b   Rittmann, Doris ^b   Appelmelk, Ben ^c   Pathak, Vibha ^d   Pathak, Ashish K ^d   Nigou, Jerome ^e   Geurtsen, Jeroen ^c   Eggeling, Lothar ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA (1 2) MANNOPYRANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MANNAN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MPTC; PROTEIN MPTD; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MANNANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79957534603     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07640.x     Document Type: Article

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