Discovery of the elusive UDP-diacylglucosamine hydrolase in the lipid a biosynthetic pathway in Chlamydia trachomatis

mBio

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Young, Hayley E ^a,b   Zhao, Jinshi ^a   Barker, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Guan, Ziqiang ^a   Valdivia, Raphael H ^a   Zhou, Pei ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Entera Health Inc   (United States)

^c ABBVIE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHOSPHORUS; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCINEURIN; HYDROLASE; LIPID A; LIPID X; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN LPXG; PROTEIN LPXH; PROTEIN LPXI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIACYLGLUCOSAMINE HYDROLASE; GLYCOLIPID; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; UDP-2,3-DIACYLGLUCOSAMINE PYROPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TESTING; GLYCOLIPIDS; LIPID A; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84965125149     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00090-16     Document Type: Article

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