title: Thiogalactoside transacetylase of the lactose operon as an enzyme for detoxification.
abstract: Thigalactoside transacetylase, the lacA gene product, confers selective advantage to cells of Escherichia coli K-12 growing on beta-galactosides in the presence of non-metabolizable analogues.
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005697:Galactosides / Q000378:metabolism; D007785:Lactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D009876:Operon; D013862:Thiogalactosides
chemical_list: D005697:Galactosides; D013862:Thiogalactosides; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C022770:galactoside acetyltransferase; D007785:Lactose