Insights into trehalose synthesis provided by the structure of the retaining glucosyltransferase OtsA

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1337-1346

  Gibson, Robert P ^a   Turkenburg, Johan P ^a   Charnock, Simon J ^b   Lloyd, Ruth ^c   Davies, Gideon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHORYLASE; TREHALOSE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TREHALOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036909547     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(02)00292-2     Document Type: Article

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