Characterization, localization, essentiality, and high-resolution crystal structure of glucosamine 6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase from Trypanosoma brucei

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 985-997

  Mariño, Karina ^a,c   Güther, M Lucia Sampaio ^a   Wernimont, Amy K ^b   Qiu, Wei ^b   Hui, Raymond ^b   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOPROCESSING RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; POLY N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBODY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSAMINE 6-PHOSPHATE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBODIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79960126726     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05025-11     Document Type: Article

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