Characterization of a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic pathway encoded by the giant DNA virus Mimivirus

Francesco Piacente2, Cinzia Bernardi2, Margherita Marin2, Guillaume Blanc3, Chantal Abergel3,1, and Michela G Tonetti2,1 Department of Experimental Medicine, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 Genova 16132, Italy and Structural and Genomic Information laboratory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Universite UMR7256, IMM, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France