Structural and functional characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgX: Role of algx in alginate acetylation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 22299-22314

  Riley, Laura M ^a   Weadge, Joel T ^a   Baker, Perrin ^a   Robinson, Howard ^b   Codée, Jeroen D C ^c   Tipton, Peter A ^d   Ohman, Dennis E ^e   Howell, P Lynne ^a,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL TRANSFERASE; ALGINATE ACETYLATION; CARBOHYDRATE-BINDING MODULES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; IN-VIVO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALGINIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN ALGX; PROTEIN VARIANT; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ALGD GENE; ALGX GENE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETYLATION; ALGINATE; BIOFILM; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SGNH HYDROLASE; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETYLATION; ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84881252716     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.484931     Document Type: Article

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