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A dual role for the lex2 locus: identification of galactosyltransferase activity in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae strains 1124 and 2019.
Carbohydrate research - 31 Mar 2009
Engskog Mikael K R, Yildirim Håkan H, Li Jianjun, Richards James C, Deadman Mary, Hood Derek W, Schweda Elke K H
Abstract excerpt
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae comprises a conserved tri-l-glycero-d-manno-heptosyl inner-core moiety (l-alpha-d-Hepp-(1-->2)-[PEtn-->6]-l-alpha-d-Hepp-(1-->3)-[beta-d-GlcIp-(1-->4)]-l-alpha-d-Hepp-(1-->5)-alpha-Kdop) to which addition of beta-d-Glcp to O-4 of GlcI in serotype b strains is controlled by the gene lex2B. In non-typeable H. influenzae strains 1124 and 2019, however, a beta-d-Galp...
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