Biochemical characterization of the O-linked glycosylation pathway in neisseria gonorrhoeae responsible for biosynthesis of protein glycans containing N, N ′-diacetylbacillosamine

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4936-4948

  Hartley, Meredith D ^a   Morrison, Michael J ^a   Aas, Finn Erik ^b   Børud, Bente ^b   Koomey, Michael ^b   Imperiali, Barbara ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIPHOSPHATES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GLYCANS; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GONORRHOEAE; IN-VITRO; MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS; N-LINKED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; O-LINKED; OLIGOSACCHARYLTRANSFERASE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS; SERINE RESIDUES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOPDOWN;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOINFORMATICS; CATALYSTS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; GENES; GLYCOSYLATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N,N' DIACETYLBACILLOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE A; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE B; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE C; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE D; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE E; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE H; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE O; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79958061550     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi2003372     Document Type: Article

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