title: Genetics of Capsular Polysaccharides and Cell Envelope (Glyco)lipids.
abstract: This article summarizes what is currently known of the structures, physiological roles, involvement in pathogenicity, and biogenesis of a variety of noncovalently bound cell envelope lipids and glycoconjugates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other Mycobacterium species. Topics addressed in this article include phospholipids; phosphatidylinositol mannosides; triglycerides; isoprenoids and related compounds (polyprenyl phosphate, menaquinones, carotenoids, noncarotenoid 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.forename: Mamadou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daffé
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Crick
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways / Q000235:genetics*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial