Biosynthesis of UDP-GlcNAc, UndPP-GlcNAc and UDP-GlcNAcA Involves Three Easily Distinguished 4-Epimerase Enzymes, Gne, Gnu and GnaB

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cunneen, Monica M ^a   Liu, Bin ^b,c   Wang, Lei ^b,c   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEDA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIMERIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GNAB GENE; GNE GENE; GNU GENE; NONHUMAN;

CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GALACTOSAMINE; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879040271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067646     Document Type: Article

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