Identification of essential amino acids in the Azorhizobium caulinodans fucosyltransferase NodZ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 7067-7075

  Chazalet, V ^a   Uehara, K ^a   Geremia, R A ^a   Breton, C ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMIDE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CHITIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035213134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.24.7067-7075.2001     Document Type: Article

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