Conserved domains of glycosyltransferases

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 961-978

  Kapitonov, Dmitri ^a   Yu, Robert K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Domain structure; Glycosyltransferase; Nucleotide binding domain

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; SUGAR; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032844594     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.10.961     Document Type: Article

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