3-deoxy-manno-octulosonate cytidylyltransferase
BE0001522ProteinEscherichia colikpsU
Activates KDO (a required 8-carbon sugar) for incorporation into bacterial lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria. It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- kpsU
- UniProtKB entry
- P42216Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 246 residues · 27,159 Da
- Also known as
- 2.7.7.38 · CKS · CMP-2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid synthase · CMP-KDO synthase
Resolves to
Gene
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which compounds in development act on 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonate cytidylyltransferase, and which indications are they being tested in?
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