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Phosphoethanolamine substitution in the lipid A of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 and its association with PmrC.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2006
Kim Sang-Hyun, Jia Wenyi, Parreira Valeria R, Bishop Russell E, Gyles Carlton L
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This study shows that lipid A of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 differs from that of E. coli K-12 in that it has a phosphoform at the C-1 position, which is distinctively modified by a phosphoethanolamine (PEtN) moiety, in addition to the diphosphoryl form. The pmrC gene responsible for the addition of PEtN to the lipid A of E. coli O157 : H7 was inactivated and the changes in lipid A profiles were assessed. The pmrC...
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