Plant α-glucosidases of the glycoside hydrolase family 31. Molecular properties, substrate specificity, reaction mechanism, and comparison with family members of different origin

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Frandsen, Torben P ^a   Svensson, Birte ^a  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catalytic residues; Mechanism based labelling; Multiple molecular forms; Retaining mechanism; Sequence similarity; Starch degradation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ISOENZYME; STARCH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STARCH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031972297     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005925819741     Document Type: Review

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