title: [Biosynthesis mechanisms of bacterial polysaccharide--a review].
abstract: Bacterial polysaccharides play important roles both in medicine and industry. Due to the development of bacterial genome sequencing, many gene clusters related to the biosynthesis of bacterial polysaccharide have been found, aligned and analyzed. Despite of their complex composition and structures, different bacterial polysaccharides are biosynthesized via similar pathways. This review discussed the research development of the biosynthetic mechanism of different bacterial polysaccharides, with emphasis on the glycosyltransferases and polymerases involved in the biosynthetic pathway.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agro-Food Science & Technology, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, China. chenleilei@yahoo.cn
authors.forename: Leilei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Weiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qingjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Fangling
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000502:physiology; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000502:physiology; D019081:O Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D016695:Glycosyltransferases