Molecular modeling of glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of blood group A, blood goup B, Forssman, and iGb3 antigens and their interaction with substrates

Glycobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 377-386

  Heissigerova, Helena ^a,b   Breton, Christelle ^a   Moravcova, Jitka ^b   Imberty, Anne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blood group antigens; Galactosysltransferase; Glycosyltransferase; Molecular modeling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; FORSSMAN ANTIGEN; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MAGNESIUM ION; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FORSSMAN ANTIGEN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MANGANESE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRISACCHARIDES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0037718345     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwg042     Document Type: Article

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