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Aeromonas surface glucan attached through the O-antigen ligase represents a new way to obtain UDP-glucose.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Merino Susana, Bouamama Lamiaa, Knirel Yuriy A, Senchenkova Sofya N, Regué Miguel, Tomás Juan M
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that A. hydrophila GalU mutants were still able to produce UDP-glucose introduced as a glucose residue in their lipopolysaccharide core. In this study, we found the unique origin of this UDP-glucose from a branched α-glucan surface polysaccharide. This glucan, surface attached through the O-antigen ligase (WaaL), is common to the mesophilic Aeromonas strains tested. The Aeromonas glucan is...
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- Aeromonas
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Proteins
- Biofilms
- Carbohydrate Sequence
- Cell Line, Tumor