gel 60 thin-layer chromatography (TLC) plates (layer thickness of
150–200
μm) were obtained from EMD Chemicals Inc. (Gibbstown,
NJ). [32P]Pi, UDP-[U-14C]glucose,
UDP-[U-14C]galactose, and GDP-[U-14C]mannose
were from
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical
Sciences, Inc. (Waltham, MA). Yeast extract, agar, and tryptone were
from BD Biosciences. Sodium chloride and 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic
acid (HEPES) were from VWR International (West Chester, PA). Triton
X-100 was from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA). Isopropyl 1-thio-β-
CA). UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, UDP-glucuronic acid, UDP-galacuronic
acid, ADP-glucose, GDP-glucose, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine,
and ADP-mannose were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.
The P-10 desalting column was from GE. All other chemicals were reagent
grade and were purchased from either Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO)
or Mallinckrodt Baker, Inc. (Phillipsburg, NJ).