Two bacterial glycosphingolipid synthases responsible for the synthesis of glucuronosylceramide and α-galactosylceramide
Nozomu Okino, Mengbai Li, Qingjun Qu, Tomoko Nakagawa, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Yohei Ishibashi, Makoto Ito
Abstract
and found that each gene encodes Cer-GlcAT and Cer-galactosyltransferase, respectively. These results contribute to the understanding of the roles of bacterial glycosphingolipids in host-bacteria interactions and the function of bacterial glycosphingolipids in bacterial physiology.
Topics & Concepts
GlycosphingolipidChemistryBiochemistryCell biologyComputational biologyBiologyGlycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchSphingolipid Metabolism and SignalingCarbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis