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Cycling of Etk and Etp phosphorylation states is involved in formation of group 4 capsule by Escherichia coli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Nadler Chen, Koby Simi, Peleg Adi, Johnson Austin C, Suddala Krishna C, Sathiyamoorthy Karthik, Smith Bennett E, Saper Mark A, Rosenshine Ilan
Abstract excerpt
Capsules frequently play a key role in bacterial interactions with their environment. Escherichia coli capsules were categorized as groups 1 through 4, each produced by a distinct mechanism. Etk and Etp are members of protein families required for the production of group 1 and group 4 capsules. These members function as a protein tyrosine kinase and protein tyrosine phosphatase, respectively. We show that Etp...
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