Detection of two loci involved in (1→3)-β-glucan (curdlan) biosynthesis by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC31749, and comparative sequence analysis of the putative curdlan synthase gene

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-41

  Stasinopoulos, Stan J ^a,b   Fisher, Paul R ^a   Stone, Bruce A ^a   Stanisich, Vilma A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glucan synthases; (1 3) glucan; Agrobacterium sp. ATCC31749; Biosynthesis; Curdlan; Hydrophobic cluster analysis; Protein sequence analysis; Repetitive glycosyl transferases

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BETA GLUCAN; CURDLAN; DNA; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RHIZOBIUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032891546     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.1.31     Document Type: Article

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