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rfbD - dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium str. LT2

Gao, M. et al.

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Disease relevance of rfbD

A nonpolar mutation was made in the oac2 gene of Azorhizobium caulinodans. oac2 is an ortholog of the Salmonella typhimurium rfbD gene that encodes a dTDP-L-rhamnose synthase [1].

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Knockout of an azorhizobial dTDP-L-rhamnose synthase affects lipopolysaccharide and extracellular polysaccharide production and disables symbiosis with Sesbania rostrata. Gao, M., D'Haeze, W., De Rycke, R., Wolucka, B., Holsters, M. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. (2001) [Pubmed]

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