Sugar recognition by human galactokinase

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Timson, David J ^a,b   Reece, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; DEOXYGALACTOSE; FUCOSE; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; ALANINE; ARA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALANINE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; GALACTOKINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042784661     PISSN: 14712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-4-16     Document Type: Article

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