Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis thermosensitive teichoic acid-deficient mutant: gene mnaA (yvyH) encodes the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_25985
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis thermosensitive teichoic acid-deficient mutant: gene mnaA (yvyH) encodes the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase.
Périodique
Journal of Bacteriology
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Soldo B., Lazarevic V., Pooley H.M., Karamata D.
ISSN
0021-9193 (Print)
ISSN-L
0021-9193
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2002
Volume
184
Numéro
15
Pages
4316-4320
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The Bacillus subtilis thermosensitive mutant ts-21 bears two C-G-->T-A transitions in the mnaA gene. At the nonpermissive temperature it is characterized by coccoid cell morphology and reduced cell wall phosphate content. MnaA converts UDP-N-acetylglucosamine into UDP-N-acetylmannosamine, a precursor of the teichoic acid linkage unit.
Mots-clé
Amino Acid Sequence, Bacillus subtilis/genetics, Bacillus subtilis/metabolism, Carbohydrate Epimerases/genetics, Carbohydrate Epimerases/metabolism, Cell Wall/metabolism, Escherichia coli Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Phosphates/metabolism, Sequence Alignment, Teichoic Acids/genetics, Teichoic Acids/metabolism, Temperature
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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19/11/2007 12:22
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20/08/2019 13:04
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