Neurospora crassa FKS protein binds to the (1,3)β-glucan synthase substrate, UDP-glucose

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 408-412

  Schimoler O'Rourke, Rebecca ^a   Renault, Samantha ^a   Mo, Wenjun ^b,c   Selitrennikoff, Claude P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCAN SYNTHASE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FKS1P; PROTEIN RHO1P; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FKS1 GENE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AZIDES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0042672927     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3884-5     Document Type: Article

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