Structural insights into the regulation of sialic acid catabolism by the Vibrio vulnificus transcriptional repressor NanR

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 30, 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Jungwon ^a,b   Kim, Byoung Sik ^c   Jang, Song Yee ^a   Lim, Jong Gyu ^c   You, Dong Ju ^d   Jung, Hyun Suk ^d   Oh, Tae Kwang ^a   Lee, Jie Oh ^b   Choi, Sang Ho ^c   Kim, Myung Hee ^a,e  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^e University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mucin sugar utilization; Nan gene repressor

Indexed keywords

MANNOSAMINE; N ACETYLMANNOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLNEURAMINATE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROTEIN NANR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION;

MUCIN SUGAR UTILIZATION; NAN GENE REPRESSOR;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84880650413     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302859110     Document Type: Article

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