Conserved aspartic acids are essential for the enzymic activity of the WecA protein initiating the biosynthesis of O-specific lipopolysaccharide and enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli.

Amer, Amal O

Conserved aspartic acids are essential for the enzymic activity of the WecA protein initiating the biosynthesis of O-specific lipopolysaccharide and enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli. [electronic resource] - Microbiology (Reading, England) Feb 2002 - 571-582 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1350-0872

10.1099/00221287-148-2-571 doi


Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acid Substitution
Antigens, Bacterial--biosynthesis
Aspartic Acid--metabolism
Base Sequence
Catalytic Domain--genetics
Cations--metabolism
Conserved Sequence
DNA, Bacterial--genetics
Escherichia coli--genetics
Escherichia coli Proteins
Genetic Complementation Test
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
O Antigens--biosynthesis
Protein Structure, Secondary
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)--genetics