MmpL11 protein transports mycolic acid-containing lipids to the mycobacterial cell wall and contributes to biofilm formation in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 24213-24222

  Pacheco, Sophia A ^a   Hsu, Fong Fu ^b   Powers, Katelyn M ^a   Purdy, Georgiana E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SURFACES; BIOFILM FORMATION; DIACYLGLYCEROL; M. TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIAL CELLS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS;

LIPIDS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; MONOMEROMYCOLYL DIACYLGLYCEROL; MYCOLIC ACID; PROTEIN MMPL11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOFILM; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MMPL; MYCOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL WALL; CORD FACTORS; ESTERS; GALACTANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PLANKTON; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WAXES;

EID: 84882446857     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.473371     Document Type: Article

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