Table 4.
Mtb H37Rv genes involved in the biogenesis of capsular α-D-glucan.
| Rv number |
Gene name |
Function | Evidence | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rv0126 | treS | Trehalose synthase; displays maltose <-> trehalose interconverting activity and glycogen amylase activity | E,P | [324, 358–360] |
| Rv0127 | pep2 | Maltokinase | E,P | [324, 361] |
| Rv1212c | glgA | α-1,4-glucosyltransferase | P | [322] |
| Rv1213 | glgC | ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase | P | [322] |
| Rv1326c | glgB | α-1,4-glucan branching enzyme | E,P | [322, 362] |
| Rv1327c | glgE | Maltose-1-phosphate maltosyltransferase | E,P | [324, 325] |
| Rv1328 | glgP | Putative glycogen phosphorylase | H | - |
| Rv3032 | - | α-1,4-glucosyltransferase | E,P | [322, 323] |
E,P,H: see Table 1 legend.