Abstract
The nanATEK-yhcH, yjhATS, and yjhBC operons in Escherichia coli are coregulated by environmental N-acetylneuraminic acid, the most prevalent sialic acid in nature. Here we show that YjhS (NanS) is a probable 9-O-acetyl N-acetylneuraminic acid esterase required for E. coli to grow on this alternative sialic acid, which is commonly found in mammalian host mucosal sites.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7134-7139 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of bacteriology |
| Volume | 191 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology