Activity and crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana UDP-N- acetylglucosamine acyltransferase

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4322-4330

  Joo, Sang Hoon ^a   Chung, Hak Suk ^b   Raetz, Christian R H ^b   Garrett, Teresa A ^c  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIAL LIPIDS; C-TERMINUS; E. COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IN-VIVO; LIPID A; N-TERMINALS; ORTHOLOGS; THALIANA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PURIFICATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; LIPID A; LPXA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ACYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPID A; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84861629566     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi3002242     Document Type: Article

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