Structure and enzymatic properties of genetically truncated forms of the water-insoluble glucan-synthesizing glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus sobrinus

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-295

  Konishi, Norifumi ^a   Torii, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Miyagi, Atsushi ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukui, Kazuhiro ^a   Hanamoto, Satoshi ^b   Matsuno, Hideki ^b   Komatsu, Hideyuki ^b   Kodama, Takao ^a   Katayama, Eisaku ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

C terminal repeats; Dextran; Domain structure; Glucosyltransferase; 1,3 glucan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEXTRAN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOLUBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS 6715;

EID: 0032818249     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022447     Document Type: Article

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