Fold recognition study of α3-galactosyltransferase and molecular modeling of the nucleotide sugar-binding domain

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 713-722

  Imberty, Anne ^a   Monier, Cédric ^a   Bettler, Emmanuel ^a   Morera, Solange ^b   Freemont, Paul ^c   Sippl, Manfred ^d   Flöckner, Hannes ^d   Rüger, Wolfgang ^e   Breton, Christelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 galactosyltransferase; glucosyltransferase; Biosynthesis; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE B; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE;

EID: 0032777708     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.7.713     Document Type: Article

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