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Periplasmic cleavage and modification of the 1-phosphate group of Helicobacter pylori lipid A.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 31 Dec 2004
Tran An X, Karbarz Mark J, Wang Xiaoyuan, Raetz Christian R H, McGrath Sara C, Cotter Robert J, Trent M Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic bacteria modify the lipid A portion of their lipopolysaccharide to help evade the host innate immune response. Modification of the negatively charged phosphate groups of lipid A aids in resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides targeting the bacterial cell surface. The lipid A of Helicobacter pylori contains a phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) unit directly linked to the 1-position of the disaccharide...
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