Recent structural insights into the expanding world of carbohydrate-active enzymes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 637-645

  Davies, Gideon J ^a   Gloster, Tracey M ^a   Henrissat, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; SIALIDASE;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 27944434246     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.10.008     Document Type: Review

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