Stealth Protein

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (GlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase)

Introduction

• Conserved from bacteria to higher eukaryotes,1st identified in microbes as proteins that help pathogens elude the host innate immune system.

• Microbial stealth proteins are most likely involved in the biosynthesis of exopolysaccharides
• Stealth proteins are predicted to function as hexose-1- phosphoryltransferases

More General Terms

• biochemistry

References

UniProt :accession Q14390, Q9BX51

stealth protein