The Leloir pathway: A mechanistic imperative for three enzymes to change the stereochemical configuration of a single carbon in galactose

FASEB Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-470

  Frey, Perry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

enzymatic catalysis; galactokinase; uridine nucleotide binding

Indexed keywords

GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; IRON; METALLOPROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE; ZINC;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029920614     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.10.4.8647345     Document Type: Review

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