Amino Acid Substitutions of MagA in Klebsiella pneumoniae Affect the Biosynthesis of the Capsular Polysaccharide

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Tzu Lung ^a   Yang, Feng Ling ^b   Yang, An Suei ^c   Peng, Hung Pin ^c   Li, Tsung Lin ^c   Tsai, Ming Daw ^b   Wu, Shih Hsiung ^b   Wang, Jin Town ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZY PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAG A GENE; MUCOVISCOSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERUM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER ABSCESS, PYOGENIC; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUS; THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 84868293665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046783     Document Type: Article

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