The ppm Operon Is Essential for Acylation and Glycosylation of Lipoproteins in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Niloofar Mohiman, Manuela Argentini, Sarah M. Batt, David Cornu, Muriel Masi, Lothar Eggeling, Gurdyal S. Besra, Nicolas Bayan

PLoS ONE · 2012 · 29 citations · 41 references

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Abstract

Together, these results show for the first time that Cg-Ppm1 (Ppm synthase) and Cg-Ppm2 (Lnt) operate in a common biosynthetic pathway in which lipoprotein N-acylation and glycosylation are tightly coupled.

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