The N-terminal domain and glycosomal localization of Leishmania initial acyltransferase LmDAT are important for lipophosphoglycan synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Al Ani, Gada K ^a   Patel, Nipul ^b   Pirani, Karim A ^a   Zhu, Tongtong ^b   Dhalladoo, Subbhalakshmi ^b   Zufferey, Rachel ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; PROTEIN LMDAT; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCERONE PHOSPHATE O ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCERONE-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSOME; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; MICROBODY; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROBODIES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 81255128953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027802     Document Type: Article

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