P. aeruginosa SGNH Hydrolase-Like Proteins AlgJ and AlgX Have Similar Topology but Separate and Distinct Roles in Alginate Acetylation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Baker, Perrin ^a   Ricer, Tyler ^a,b   Moynihan, Patrick J ^c   Kitova, Elena N ^d   Walvoort, Marthe T C ^e   Little, Dustin J ^a,b   Whitney, John C ^a,b,h   Dawson, Karen ^a,b   Weadge, Joel T ^a,i   Robinson, Howard ^f   Ohman, Dennis E ^g   Codée, Jeroen D C ^e   Klassen, John S ^d   Clarke, Anthony J ^c   Howell, P Lynne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ALGINIC ACID; HYDROLASE; MANNURONIC ACID; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SGNH HYDROLASE; SGNH HYDROLASE LIKE PROTEIN ALGJ; SGNH HYDROLASE LIKE PROTEIN ALGX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGJ PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ACETYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ACETYLATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

ACETYLATION; ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84935913390     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004334     Document Type: Article

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