Towards a better understanding of the substrate specificity of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine C4 epimerase WbpP

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 173-180

  Demendi, Melinda ^a   Ishiyama, Noboru ^b   Lam, Joseph S ^c   Berghuis, Albert M ^b   Creuzenet, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epimerase; Mutagenesis; Specificity; Structure; Substrate; UDP N acetylglucosamine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; AMINES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; MUTAGENESIS;

BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS; KINETIC ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DATA; SUBSTRATE BINDING;

ENZYMES;

EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACETYLATION; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

EID: 22144437306     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050263     Document Type: Article

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