Open AccessUDP Glucuronate Decarboxylase and Synthesis of Capsular Polysaccharide in Cryptococcus neoformans
Author(s) -
Eric S. Jacobson,
W. J. Payne
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.152.2.932-934.1982
Subject(s) - glucuronate , cryptococcus neoformans , biology , cryptococcus , nad+ kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , polysaccharide , xylose , biochemistry , enzyme , fermentation
UDP glucuronate decarboxylase activity was comparable in encapsulated and non-encapsulated strains of Cryptococcus neoformans, required NAD (K(a) = 0.2 mM), and was inhibited by NADH (K(i) = 0.1 mM) and UDP xylose.