Solid-state NMR reveals the carbon-based molecular architecture of Cryptococcus neoformans fungal eumelanins in the cell wall

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 13779-13790

  Chatterjee, Subhasish ^a   Prados Rosales, Rafael ^b   Itin, Boris ^c   Casadevall, Arturo ^b,d   Stark, Ruth E ^a,c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CARBON; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNGI; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOBILE SECURITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ALIPHATIC MOIETIES; BIOPHYSICAL INFORMATION; CELL-WALL COMPONENTS; CELLULAR INTERACTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED; MELANIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE;

MELANIN;

ACYLGLYCEROL; CHITIN; EUMELANIN; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSIDE; INDOLE; NANOMATERIAL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; FREE RADICAL; GLUCOSE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGAL CELL WALL; LIPID MEMBRANE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLID STATE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PIGMENTATION; PROCEDURES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

CARBON; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FREE RADICALS; GLUCOSE; GLYCERIDES; INDOLES; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84930635942     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.618389     Document Type: Article

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