Characterization of BshA, bacillithiol glycosyltransferase from Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1004-1008

  Upton, Heather ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^b   Gushiken, Melissa ^a   Lo, Kelly ^b   Holden, Dhiraj ^a   Fahey, Robert C ^b   Rawat, Mamta ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillithiol; Glycosyltransferase; Mycobacteria; Mycothiol; Staphylococcus aureus; Thiol

Indexed keywords

BACILLITHIOL; GLYCERIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALIC ACID; MSHA PROTEIN; MYCOTHIOL; PROTEIN BSHA; RECOMBINANT BACILLITHIOL GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; INOSITOL; KINETICS; MALATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859267227     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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