Structures and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases

Glycobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Breton, Christelle ^a   Šnajdrová, Lenka ^a,b   Jeanneau, Charlotte ^a   Koča, Jaroslav ^b   Imberty, Anne ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fold recognition; Glycosyltransferase; Mechanism; Superfamily; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLGLYCOPEPTIDE BETA 1,4 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; EPIMERASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31144449168     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwj016     Document Type: Review

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