The wciN gene encodes an α-1,3-galactosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of the capsule repeating unit of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6B

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 5804-5810

  Han, Weiqing ^a,b   Cai, Li ^c   Wu, Baolin ^b   Li, Lei ^a   Xiao, Zhongying ^b   Cheng, Jiansong ^a   Wang, Peng G ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; CHEMICAL BIOLOGY; DISACCHARIDE PRODUCTS; DIVALENT METAL CATIONS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENE ENCODES; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; IN-VITRO; REPEATING UNIT; SEROTYPES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DISACCHARIDE; DIVALENT CATION; GALACTOSE; LIPID; METAL ION; PYROPHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNTHESIS; WCIN GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84864251215     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300640b     Document Type: Article

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