Structural framework of fructosyl transfer in Bacillus subtilis levansucrase

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 935-941

  Meng, Guoyu ^a   Fütterer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BETA DEXTRO FRUCTOFURANOSE; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GLUTAMINE; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; LEVANSUCRASE E342A; METAL; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FREEZING TOLERANCE; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; FRUCTOSE; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0242490546     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb974     Document Type: Article

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