Bioinformatics characterization of BcsA-like orphan proteins suggest they form a novel family of pseudomonad cyclic-β-glucan synthases

• Andrew J. Spiers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.spiers@abertay.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0463-8629

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• Helge C. Dorfmueller,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1288-044X

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• Robyn Jerdan,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Jessica McGregor,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Nuffield Research Placement Students, School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Abbie Nicoll,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Nuffield Research Placement Students, School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-4481

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• Kenzie Steel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Nuffield Research Placement Students, School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Scott Cameron

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6600-1298

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