A new superfamily of protein-O-fucosyltransferases, α2-fucosyltransferases, and α6-fucosyltransferases: Phylogeny and identification of conserved peptide motifs

Glycobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Martinez Duncker, Ivan ^a   Mollicone, Rosella ^a   Candelier, Jean Jacques ^a   Breton, Christelle ^b   Oriol, Rafael ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

2 fucosyltransferase; 6 fucosyltransferase conserved peptide motifs; Phylogeny; Protein O fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENOTE; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0345099482     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwg113     Document Type: Article

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