Acyltransferases in bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-321

  Röttig, Annika ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE ATFA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; LEUKOTOXIN; LIPID A; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHA SYNTHASE; POLYESTER; POLYKETIDE; RHAMNOLIPID; RTXC ACYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; THIOESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; WAX ESTER;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS NITROREDUCENS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; STREPTOMYCES AVERMITILIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878215672     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00010-13     Document Type: Review

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