Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa glycoside hydrolase PslG reveals that its levels are critical for Psl polysaccharide biosynthesis and biofilm formation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 28374-28387

  Baker, Perrin ^a   Whitfield, Gregory B ^a,b   Hill, Preston J ^c   Little, Dustin J ^a,b   Pestrak, Matthew J ^c   Robinson, Howard ^d   Wozniak, Daniel J ^c   Howell, P Lynne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGARS;

BIOFILM FORMATION; CATALYTIC RESIDUE; CHROMOSOMAL MUTATION; DOMAIN ARCHITECTURES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INTRINSIC TRYPTOPHAN FLUORESCENCES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

HYDROLASES;

GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE PSLG; MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84947769276     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.674929     Document Type: Article

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