Hexuronyl C5-epimerases in alginate and glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis

Biochimie

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 819-830

  Valla, S ^a   Li, J P ^b   Ertesvag H ^a   Barbeyron, T ^c   Lindahl, U ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Alginate; Dermatan sulfate; Epimerase; Heparin

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GULURONIC ACID; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HEXURONIC ACID; LEVO IDURONIC ACID; MANNURONIC ACID; MONOMER; POLYMER; SUGAR ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICOAGULATION; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; EPIMERIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEAWEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFATION;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034838734     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(01)01313-X     Document Type: Review

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