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Characterization of glycosyltransferases and glycosidases using electrospray mass spectrometry
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Carbohydrates are one of the major classes of organic compounds found in nature and living organisms, and the diverse roles of carbohydrates are crucial for most life forms. The transformation and degradation of glycans are effectively regulated by carbohydrate-modifying enzymes. This thesis...
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Spring 2015
Acinetobacter baumannii remains a poorly understood, but very dangerous opportunistic pathogen. Though it lacks clear virulence traits expected of pathogens, it none the less poses a massive threat to the hospital system due to its inherent and acquired resistance to antibiotics, survival on...
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Progress Towards Identifying The GalfNAc-Transferase In The Biosynthesis Of Campylobacter jejuni Strain NCTC11168H Capsular Polysaccharide
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Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) is currently the leading cause of food-borne gastroenteritis, and is a precursor to Guillian–Barré and Miller–Fischer syndromes. C. jejuni produces a number of unusual carbohydrates on its cell surface that are essential to viability and pathogenicity. Of...
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Synthetic Polyprenol-Pyrophosphate Linked Oligosaccharides Are Efficient Substrates for Mycobacterial Galactan Biosynthetic Enzymes
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Xiaochao Xue, Ruixiang Blake Zheng, Akihiko Koizumi, Ling Han, John S. Klassen, Todd L. Lowary
Mycobacteria, including the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, produce a complex cell wall that is critical for their survival. The largest structural component of the cell wall, the mycolylarabinogalactanpeptidoglycan complex, has at its core a galactan domain composed of...