Acinetobacter baumannii K27 and K44 capsular polysaccharides have the same K unit but different structures due to the presence of distinct wzy genes in otherwise closely related K gene clusters

Glycobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 501-508

  Shashkov, Alexander S ^a   Kenyon, Johanna J ^b,c   Senchenkova, Sof'ya N ^a   Shneider, Mikhail M ^d   Popova, Anastasiya V ^e,f   Arbatsky, Nikolay P ^a   Miroshnikov, Konstantin A ^d   Volozhantsev, Nikolay V ^e,f   Hall, Ruth M ^b   Knirel, Yuriy A ^a  

^a N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; capsular polysaccharide; gene cluster; K locus; legionaminic acid; Wzy polymerase

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSAMINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEGIONAMINIC ACID; PENTASACCHARIDE; PROTEIN WZY; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WZY GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84965124250     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwv168     Document Type: Article

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