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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 276, Issue 1, Pages 71-76Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3438
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Burkholderia cepacia; exopolysaccharide; exopolysaccharide biosynthetic enzymes; cystic fibrosis
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Based on the chemical composition of the exopolysaccharide produced by the cystic fibrosis bacterial isolate Burkholderia cepacia IST408, we postulated and confirmed, based on the specificity of enzymes detected in crude cell-free extracts, the pathway leading to the presumptive activated sugar precursors: UDP-D-glucose, UDP-D-galactose, UDP-D-glucuronic acid, GDP-D-mannose, and GDP-D-rhamnose. Results also suggest that regulation of the expression of the mucoid phenotype in B. cepacia does not occur at the level of synthesis of any of these enzymes. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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