Alteration of human UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase UGT2B17 regio-specificity by a single amino acid substitution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Dubois, Stéphanie G ^a   Beaulieu, Martin ^a   Lévesque, Éric ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Metabolizing enzymes; Site directed mutagenesis; Steroid metabolism; Structure function; UGT2B

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTERONE; ASPARAGINE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOLEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0033612288     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2735     Document Type: Article

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