UDP-galactose 4-epimerase from Kluyveromyces fragilis: Evidence for independent mutarotation site

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-68

  Brahma, Amrita ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debasish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bifunctional enzyme; Domain separation; Mutarotase; UDP galactose 4 epimerase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; GALACTOSE; TRYPSIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES FRAGILIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; KINETICS; KLUYVEROMYCES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PACHYSOLEN TANNOPHILUS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 1642458118     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03902.x     Document Type: Article

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