Biosynthesis of the fungal cell wall polysaccharide galactomannan requires intraluminal GDP-mannose

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 53, 2012, Pages 44418-44424

  Engel, Jakob ^a   Schmalhorst, Philipp S ^a,b   Routier, Françoise H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALLS; FILAMENTOUS FUNGI; FUNGAL CELLS; GALACTOMANNANS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GOLGI APPARATUS; GROWTH DEFECTS; INTRALUMINAL; MEMBRANE-BOUND; SIDE-CHAINS; TRANSGLYCOSYLATION;

ASPERGILLUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES;

CYTOLOGY;

CELL PROTEIN; CERAMIDE; GALACTOMANNAN; GLFB PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLINOSITOLPHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GMTA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE GALACTOMANNAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GLFB GENE; GLYCOSYLATION; GMTA GENE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; MANNANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84871765139     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.398321     Document Type: Article

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