title: ABC transporters and the export of capsular polysaccharides from gram-negative bacteria.
abstract: In this review, we discuss the kps cluster of Escherichia coli as the paradigm for the ABC capsular polysaccharide exporter (CPSE) family. Components of the cluster form a multimeric protein complex consisting of both biosynthetic and export machinery. We compare the Kps exporter with capsule export systems from other members of the CPSE family.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York 14642, USA. rips@mail.rochester.edu
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: Silver
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Prior
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Nsahlai
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Wright
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C088016:KpsD protein, E coli; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C073126:tolC protein, E coli