Characterization of a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic pathway encoded by the giant DNA virus Mimivirus

Glycobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-61

  Piacente, Francesco ^a   Bernardi, Cinzia ^a   Marin, Margherita ^a   Blanc, Guillaume ^b   Abergel, Chantal ^b   Tonetti, Michela G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

glucosamine 6P acetyltransferase; glutamine fructose 6P transaminase; Mimivirus; UDP N acetylglucosamine; UDP N acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; MIMIVIRUS; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE;

GLUCOSAMINE-6P ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMINE-FRUCTOSE-6P TRANSAMINASE; MIMIVIRUS; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MIMIVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84890413091     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwt089     Document Type: Article

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