New insights on trehalose: A multifunctional molecule

Glycobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Elbein, Alan D ^a   Pan, Y T ^a   Pastuszak, Irena ^a   Carroll, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis of trehalose; Energy; Glycolipids of trehalose; Membrane stabilizer; Metabolism of trehalose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; MALTOSE; TREHALASE; TREHALOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

CELL WALL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TREHALOSE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038056150     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwg047     Document Type: Review

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