The capsular polysaccharide of Staphylococcus aureus is attached to peptidoglycan by the LytR-CpsA-Psr (LCP) family of enzymes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 15680-15690

  Chan, Yvonne Gar Yun ^a   Kim, Hwan Keun ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a,b   Missiakas, Dominique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACID;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; LYTR CPSA PSR ENZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LCPC GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; HYDROLASE; LYTR-CPSA-PSR; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (S. AUREUS); TEICHOIC ACID; UNDECAPRENOL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; FEMALE; HYDROLASES; LIGASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYSACCHARIDES; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901699013     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.567669     Document Type: Article

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