Single polysaccharide assembly protein that integrates polymerization, termination, and chain-length quality control

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2017, Pages E1215-E1223

  Williams, Danielle M ^a   Ovchinnikova, Olga G ^a   Koizumi, Akihiko ^b,c   Mainprize, Iain L ^a   Kimber, Matthew S ^a   Lowary, Todd L ^b,c   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycan biosynthesis; Glycosyltransferases; Lipopolysaccharides; Microbial glycobiology; Molecular ruler

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WBBB PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL SURFACE; GENE CLUSTER; GLYCOSYLATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; QUALITY CONTROL; RAOULTELLA; RAOULTELLA TERRIGENA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STOICHIOMETRY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 85013030337     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613609114     Document Type: Article

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