Elucidation of a novel lipid A α-(1,1)-GalA transferase gene (rgtF) from Mesorhizobium loti: Heterologous expression of rgtF causes Rhizobium etli to synthesize lipid A with α-(1,1)-GalA

Glycobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 546-558

  Brown, Dusty B ^a   Muszyński, Artur ^a   Carlson, Russell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial membrane biosynthesis; lipid A biosynthesis; novel glycosyl transferase

Indexed keywords

LIPID A; RGTF PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; LIPID A; MESORHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; MESORHIZOBIUM HUAKUII; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 84879076918     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws223     Document Type: Article

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