Genetic and functional analysis of the phosphorylcholine moiety of commensal Neisseria lipopolysaccharide

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02755.x

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Genetic and functional analysis of the phosphorylcholine moiety of commensal Neisseria lipopolysaccharide

1 Jan 2002

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Phosphorylcholine (ChoP) is a common surface feature of many mucosal organisms, including Neisseria spp., in which it is present exclusively on pili of pathogenic Neisseria and on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of commensal Neisseria (Cn). Its presence in Cn has been confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance. It appears that choline is the main source for the production of ChoP by Cn. We have sequenced a locus,...

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