Identification of Novel Polysaccharide from Myxococcus xanthus and its Function in Developmental Sporulation
Lin Liu
Song-Chen Jiang
Guirong Yang
Wenming Chang
Jin Lin
Lu-Jun Zhang
Yi-Jia Xu
Xinyue Li
Jie Bai
Lei Zhang
Xian-Feng Ye
Yan Huang
Yan-Ling Ji
Zhong-Li Cui
Gang Hu
Min Chen
Zhou-Kun Li
Medicine
TL;DR
These findings present the first high-resolution structure of a soluble exopolysaccharide from myxobacteria and demonstrate its partial functional compensation of csgA mutant, suggesting that EPS15M may be involved in C‑signal‑mediated developmental sporulation.