Functional analysis of disease-causing mutations in human UDP-galactose 4-epimerase

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 6170-6177

  Timson, David J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galactosemia; GALE; Leloir pathway; SDR family enzyme; UDP glucose

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOSEMIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYMPTOM; WILD TYPE;

DIMERIZATION; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28244453681     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.05017.x     Document Type: Article

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