T4 phage β-glucosyltransferase: Substrate binding and proposed catalytic mechanism

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 717-730

  Moréra, Solange ^a   Imberty, Anne ^b   Aschke Sonnenborn, Ursula ^c   Rüger, Wolfgang ^c   Freemont, Paul S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS BP53 F   (France)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base flipping; DNA modification; Glucosyltransferase; T phage; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MACROGOL 4000; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0345588683     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3094     Document Type: Article

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