title: Genetics of Capsular Polysaccharides and Cell Envelope (Glyco)lipids.
abstract: This chapter summarizes what is currently known of the structures, physiological roles, involvement in pathogenicity and biogenesis of a variety of non-covalently bound cell envelope lipids and glycoconjugates ofMycobacterium tuberculosisand otherMycobacteriumspecies. Topics addressed in this chapter include phospholipids; phosphatidylinositol mannosides; triglycerides; isoprenoids and related compounds (polyprenyl phosphate, menaquinones, carotenoids, non-carotenoid cyclic isoprenoids); acyltrehaloses (lipooligosaccharides, trehalose mono- and di-mycolates, sulfolipids, di- and poly-acyltrehaloses); mannosyl-beta-1-phosphomycoketides; glycopeptidolipids; phthiocerol dimycocerosates, para-hydroxybenzoic acids and phenolic glycolipids; mycobactins; mycolactones; and capsular polysaccharides.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Département Mécanismes Moléculaires des Infections Mycobactériennes, and the Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier, F-31077 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Mamadou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daffé
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523-1682, USA.
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Crick
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO 80523-1682, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jackson