A New Family of Capsule Polymerases Generates Teichoic Acid-Like Capsule Polymers in Gram-Negative Pathogens

Combined Chemical Synthesis and Tailored Enzymatic Elongation Provide Fully Synthetic and Conjugation-Ready Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X Vaccine Antigens

(2018) Davide Oldrini et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis Group X N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase with its donor substrate

(2017) Shonoi A Ming et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Efficient solid-phase synthesis of meningococcal capsular oligosaccharides enables simple and fast chemoenzymatic vaccine production

(2017) Timm Fiebig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

X-ray crystallographic structure of a bacterial polysialyltransferase provides insight into the biosynthesis of capsular polysialic acid

(2017) Christian Lizak et al.   Scientific Reports

An efficient cell free enzyme-based total synthesis of a meningococcal vaccine candidate

(2016) Timm Fiebig et al.   npj Vaccines

Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future

(2015) K. Aaron Geno et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

The Capsule Polymerase CslB ofNeisseria meningitidisSerogroup L Catalyzes the Synthesis of a Complex Trimeric Repeating Unit Comprising Glycosidic and Phosphodiester Linkages

(2015) Christa Litschko et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Phyre2 web portal for protein modeling, prediction and analysis

(2015) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Structure and mechanism ofStaphylococcus aureusTarM, the wall teichoic acid α-glycosyltransferase

(2015) Solmaz Sobhanifar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dissection of Hexosyl- and Sialyltransferase Domains in the Bifunctional Capsule Polymerases fromNeisseria meningitidisW and Y Defines a New Sialyltransferase Family

(2014) Angela Romanow et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Components of the Capsule Biosynthesis Complex ofNeisseria meningitidisSerogroup A

(2014) Timm Fiebig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Wall Teichoic Acids of Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2013) Stephanie Brown et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Structure, biosynthesis, and function of bacterial capsular polysaccharides synthesized by ABC transporter-dependent pathways

(2013) Lisa M. Willis et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Functional expression of the capsule polymerase of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X: A new perspective for vaccine development

(2013) T. Fiebig et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Characterization of the meningococcal serogroup X capsule N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase

(2013) Karen M Muindi et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Biochemical and Biophysical Characterization of the Sialyl-/Hexosyltransferase Synthesizing the Meningococcal Serogroup W135 Heteropolysaccharide Capsule

(2013) Angela Romanow et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

BLAST: a more efficient report with usability improvements

(2013) Grzegorz M. Boratyn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Emergence of serogroup X meningococcal disease in Africa: Need for a vaccine

(2013) Ouli Xie et al.   VACCINE

Glycosaminoglycan polysaccharide biosynthesis and production: today and tomorrow

(2012) Paul L. DeAngelis   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Glycoconjugate vaccines

(2012) David Pace   EXPERT OPINION ON BIOLOGICAL THERAPY

The design of semi-synthetic and synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines

(2011) Paolo Costantino et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Characterization and Acceptor Preference of a Soluble Meningococcal Group C Polysialyltransferase

(2011) D. C. Peterson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Sequence analysis of serotype-specific synthesis regions II of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes c and d: evidence for common ancestry of capsule synthesis in Pasteurellaceae and Neisseria meningitidis

(2011) Thiên-Trí Lâm et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Genomic Characterization of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

(2010) Z. Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure of the bacterial teichoic acid polymerase TagF provides insights into membrane association and catalysis

(2010) Andrew L Lovering et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Glucuronyltransferase Activity of KfiC from Escherichia coli Strain K5 Requires Association of KfiA

(2009) Nobuo Sugiura et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal structure of chondroitin polymerase from Escherichia coli K4

(2008) Takuo Osawa et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Glycosyltransferases: Structures, Functions, and Mechanisms

(2007) L.L. Lairson et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

The genetic organisation of the capsule biosynthesis region of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes 1, 6, 7, and 12

(2007) Stine G. Jessing et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY