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Periplasmic phosphorylation of lipid A is linked to the synthesis of undecaprenyl phosphate
One-third of the lipid A found in the Escherichia coli outer membrane contains an unsubstituted diphosphate unit at position 1 (lipid A 1-diphosphate). We now report an inner membrane enzyme, LpxT (YeiU), which specifically transfers a phosphate group to lipid A, forming the 1-diphosphate species. (...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2229476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06044.x |