Chlamydia trachomatis scavenges host fatty acids for phospholipid synthesis via an acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetase

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 22163-22173

  Yao, Jiangwei ^a   Dodson, V Joshua ^a   Frank, Matthew W ^a   Rock, Charles O ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DE NOVO SYNTHESIS; HELA CELL CULTURE; INTRACELLULAR PARASITES; ISOTOPICALLY LABELED; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SPECIES;

FATTY ACIDS;

2 ACYLGLYCEROLPHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHETASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) LIGASE; OLEIC ACID;

AASC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELL LINE; LPAT GENE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LIGASES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FATTY ACIDS; HELA CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; KINETICS; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84941312992     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.671008     Document Type: Article

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