ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a regulatory enzyme for bacterial glycogen synthesis

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-225

  Ballicora, Miguel A ^a   Iglesias, Alberto A ^b   Preiss, Jack ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,4 POLYGLUCAN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOGEN; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHIMERA; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STARVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; GLUCANS; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038653402     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.2.213-225.2003     Document Type: Review

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