• Biosynthesis and transfer of 2-acetamido-4-methylamino-l-fucose to the core-lipid A in Bordetella pertussis

    5 days ago - By Springer

    Abstract
    The trisaccharide unit in lipopolysaccharide of Bordetella pertussis is important for immune recognition, but how the rare sugar 2-acetamido-4-methylamino-fucose in the trisaccharide unit is synthesized and transferred to the core of lipopolysaccharide in B. pertussis remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that the genes bplF , bplG , bplL and bplI are involved in the synthesis and transfer of 2-acetamido-4-methylamino-fucose to the core of lipopolysaccharide in B. pertussis. These genes were overexpressed with various combination in a recombinant E. coli strain which can...
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