Structural dissection and high-throughput screening of mannosylglycerate synthase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 608-614

  Flint, James ^a   Taylor, Edward ^b   Yang, Min ^c   Bolam, David N ^a   Tailford, Louise E ^a   Martinez Fleites, Carlos ^b   Dodson, Eleanor J ^b   Davis, Benjamin G ^c   Gilbert, Harry J ^a   Davies, Gideon J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSE; MANNOSIDE; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE SYNTHASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTHERMUS; WILD TYPE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLYCOLIPIDS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; KINETICS; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHODOTHERMUS;

RHODOTHERMUS; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS;

EID: 22144432266     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb950     Document Type: Article

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