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ArticleBMC research notes2018

Determination of the binding affinities of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W capsule polymerase with two nucleotide sugar substrates.

Abeer Sharyan, Cendy Gonzalez, Ophelia Ukaegbu, Kayla Powell, Pumtiwitt C McCarthy

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Article in BMC research notes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abeer SharyanDepartment of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA.
Cendy GonzalezDepartment of Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA.
Ophelia UkaegbuDepartment of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA.
Kayla PowellDepartment of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA.
Pumtiwitt C McCarthyDepartment of Chemistry, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA. Pumtiwitt.McCarthy@morgan.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4096-1677
Morgan State University · US

Funding

Project-002UL1GM118973 · NIGMS · MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KAMANGAR, FARIN · 2015 to 2023
$18.8M
National Institute of General Medical Sciences UL1GM118973NIGMS NIH HHS UL1 GM118973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMeningococcal meningitis is a public health burden. Immunization strategies have reduced global incidence of the disease. Glycoconjugate vaccines are the most effective type of vaccine to combat most causes of meningococcal meningitis. These vaccines contain capsular polysaccharide fragments from disease-causing serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis that are chemically attached to a carrier protein. The enzymes responsible for capsular polysaccharide synthesis can serve as tools to make these critical vaccine components. One such enzyme is the N. meningitidis serogroup W capsule polymerase. This enzyme is responsible for creating the galactose-sialic acid containing capsular polysaccharide of this serogroup. Our aim in this study was to determine the binding affinities of nucleotide sugar donors CMP-sialic acid and UDP-galactose using a coupled transferase assay to inform future work to modulate polysaccharide synthesis by this enzyme.

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DNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseNeisseria meningitidisNucleotidesPolysaccharidesSerogroupSugarsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseNucleotidesPolysaccharidesSugarsEnzyme kineticsGlycosyltransferasesNeisseria meningitidisVaccine development

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PMID30012207
PMCPMC6048754
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