GneZ, a UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase, is required for s-layer assembly and vegetative growth of Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2969-2978

  Wang, Ya Ting ^a,b   Missiakas, Dominique ^a,b   Schneewind, Olaf ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS S LAYER ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LYSIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LYSIN PLYG; GNEZ EPIMERASE; S LAYER PROTEIN; SECONDARY CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 2 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GNEY GENE; GNEZ GENE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84904437607     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01829-14     Document Type: Article

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