Reconstitution of functional mycobacterial arabinosyltransferase AftC proteoliposome and assessment of decaprenylphosphorylarabinose analogues as arabinofuranosyl donors

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 819-828

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Angala, Shiva K ^b   Pramanik, Pradeep K ^b   Li, Kai ^b   Crick, Dean C ^b   Liav, Avraham ^b   Jozwiak, Adam ^c   Swiezewska, Ewa ^c   Jackson, Mary ^b   Chatterjee, Delphi ^b  

^a ADA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOSE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOLIPOSOME; SCREENING;

ARABINOSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEOLIPIDS;

EID: 80052004746     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb200091m     Document Type: Article

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