Molecular Cloning and Characterization of a Locus Responsible for O Acetylation of the O Polysaccharide of Legionella Pneumophila Serogroup 1 Lipopolysaccharide

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1999 Jun 29

PMID 10383989

Citations 12

Authors

C H Zou

Y A Knirel

J H Helbig

U Zahringer

C S Mintz

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Abstract

Complementation experiments, Tn5 mutagenesis, and DNA sequencing were used to identify a locus (lag-1) that participates in acetylation of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 lipopolysaccharide. Nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of lipopolysaccharides from mutant and complemented strains suggest that lag-1 is responsible for O acetylation of serogroup 1 O polysaccharide.

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