Biosynthesis of UDP-glucuronic acid and UDP-galacturonic acid in Bacillus cereus subsp. cytotoxis NVH 391-98

FEBS Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-112

  Broach, Bryan ^a   Gu, Xiaogang ^a   Bar Peled, Maor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alkalinity; Bacillus; biofilm; UDP galacturonic acid; UDP glucuronic acid

Indexed keywords

GALACTURONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE XYLOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS WEIHENSTEPHANENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GEOBACILLUS; GLUCOGENESIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 83655163668     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08402.x     Document Type: Article

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