Identification of a broad family of lipid A late acyltransferases with non-canonical substrate specificity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 887-899

  Rubin, Erica J ^a   O'Brien, John P ^b   Ivanov, Petko L ^a   Brodbelt, Jennifer S ^b   Trent, M Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID TRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIPID A; LIPID A LATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN JHP0255; PROTEIN LPXJ; PROTEIN LPXL; PROTEIN LPXM; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPID A; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUGAR ACIDS;

EID: 84896724256     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12501     Document Type: Article

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