Structural basis of sialyltransferase activity in trypanosomal sialidases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-24

  Buschiazzo, Alejandro ^a,b   Tavares, Gisele A ^a,c   Campetella, Oscar ^b   Spinelli, Silvia ^d   Cremona, Marfa L ^b   París, Gastón ^b   Amaya, Maria Fernanda ^a   Frasch, Alberto C C ^b   Alzari, Pedro M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Inhibitor complex; Sialidase; Sialyltransferase; Trypanosoma cruzi; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; SIALIDASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034602830     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.1.16     Document Type: Article

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