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Catalytic mechanism of MraY and WecA, two paralogues of the polyprenyl-phosphate N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate transferase superfamily.2016 Aug27312048
Inhibition of the first step in synthesis of the mycobacterial cell wall core, catalyzed by the GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase WecA, by the novel caprazamycin derivative CPZEN-45.2013 Oct 1823986448
Characterization of the highly conserved VFMGD motif in a bacterial polyisoprenyl-phosphate N-acetylaminosugar-1-phosphate transferase.2012 Sep22811320
Analogies and homologies in lipopolysaccharide and glycoprotein biosynthesis in bacteria.2011 Feb20871101
Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide is synthesized via a novel pathway with an evolutionary connection to protein N-glycosylation.2010 Mar 1920333251
Preparative enzymatic synthesis of polyprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-N-acetylglucosamine, an essential lipid intermediate for the biosynthesis of various bacterial cell envelope polymers.2009 Aug 1519442646
Purification and characterization of the bacterial UDP-GlcNAc:undecaprenyl-phosphate GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase WecA.2008 Nov18723618
Functional characterization and membrane topology of Escherichia coli WecA, a sugar-phosphate transferase initiating the biosynthesis of enterobacterial common antigen and O-antigen lipopolysaccharide.2007 Apr17237164
Conserved amino acid residues found in a predicted cytosolic domain of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic protein WecA are implicated in the recognition of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.2001 Nov11700352
Polyisoprenyl phosphate specificity of UDP-GlcNAc:undecaprenyl phosphate N-acetylglucosaminyl 1-P transferase from E.coli.1997 Mar9134438