Characterization of GlaKP, a UDP-galacturonic acid C4-epimerase from Klebsiella pneumoniae with extended substrate specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4104-4115

  Frirdich, Emilisa ^a   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIVALENT CATION; GALACTURONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEXURONIC ACIDS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 20444492836     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.4104-4115.2005     Document Type: Article

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