Partial purification and kinetic properties of three different D-glucosamine 6-P:N-acetyltransferase forms from human placenta

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-384

  Vessal, Mahmood ^a   Jaberi Pour, Mansoureh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glucosamine 6 P:N acetyltransferase forms; Glucosamine metabolism; Human placenta; Kinetic properties; Purification

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PLACENTA ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031671934     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10119-0     Document Type: Article

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