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Deciphering the acylation pattern of Yersinia enterocolitica lipid A.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Reinés Mar, Llobet Enrique, Dahlström Käthe M, Pérez-Gutiérrez Camino, Llompart Catalina M, Torrecabota Nuria, Salminen Tiina A, Bengoechea José A
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic bacteria may modify their surface to evade the host innate immune response. Yersinia enterocolitica modulates its lipopolysaccharide (LPS) lipid A structure, and the key regulatory signal is temperature. At 21°C, lipid A is hexa-acylated and may be modified with aminoarabinose or palmitate. At 37°C, Y. enterocolitica expresses a tetra-acylated lipid A consistent with the 3'-O-deacylation of the...
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