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Synthesis of a mannosyl phosphoryl polyprenol by the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. 1977

E V Crean, and E F Rossomando

A membrane fraction isolated from the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum was incubated with GDP-[14C]mannose and found to catalyze the incorporation of [14C]mannose into an endogenous acceptor to yield a product with the chemical and chromatographic properties of a polyprenol phosphate sugar derivative. These results suggest that D. discoideum can synthesize a mannosyl phosphoryl polyprenol.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008358	Mannose	A hexose or fermentable monosaccharide and isomer of glucose from manna, the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	D-Mannose,Mannopyranose,Mannopyranoside,D Mannose
D009235	Myxomycetes	A division of organisms that exist vegetatively as complex mobile plasmodia, reproduce by means of spores, and have complex life cycles. They are now classed as protozoa but formerly were considered fungi.	Myxomycota,Protosteliomycetes,Slime Molds, Plasmodial,Slime Molds, True,Mold, Plasmodial Slime,Mold, True Slime,Molds, Plasmodial Slime,Molds, True Slime,Myxomycete,Myxomycotas,Plasmodial Slime Mold,Plasmodial Slime Molds,Protosteliomycete,Slime Mold, Plasmodial,Slime Mold, True,True Slime Mold,True Slime Molds
D004023	Dictyostelium	A genus of protozoa, formerly also considered a fungus. Its natural habitat is decaying forest leaves, where it feeds on bacteria. D. discoideum is the best-known species and is widely used in biomedical research.	Dictyostelium discoideum,Dictyostelium discoideums,Dictyosteliums,discoideum, Dictyostelium
D006155	Guanosine Diphosphate Mannose	A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which can be converted to the deoxy sugar GDPfucose, which provides fucose for lipopolysaccharides of bacterial cell walls. Also acts as mannose donor for glycolipid synthesis.	GDP Mannose,Guanosine Diphosphomannose,Guanosine Pyrophosphate Mannose,Diphosphate Mannose, Guanosine,Diphosphomannose, Guanosine,Mannose, GDP,Mannose, Guanosine Diphosphate,Mannose, Guanosine Pyrophosphate,Pyrophosphate Mannose, Guanosine
D006600	Hexosephosphates
D013729	Terpenes	A class of compounds composed of repeating 5-carbon units of HEMITERPENES.	Isoprenoid,Terpene,Terpenoid,Isoprenoids,Terpenoids