Biosynthesis of the Methylthioxylose Capping Motif of Lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b01071
Abstract: Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a lipoglycan found in abundant quantities in the cell envelope of all mycobacteria. The nonreducing arabinan termini of LAM display species-specific structural microheterogeneity that impacts the biological activity of the entire molecule.… read more here.
Keywords: lipoarabinomannan; biosynthesis; capping motif; tuberculosis ... See more keywords