Construction and analyses of hybrid Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C-5 epimerases with new epimerization pattern characteristics

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 381, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 813-821

  Bjerkan, Tonje M ^a   Lillehov, Bjørn E ^a   Strand, Wenche I ^a   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^a   Valla, Svein ^a   Ertesvåg, Helga ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter vinelandii; Enzyme mechanism; Mannuronan c 5 epimerase; Time resolved NMR

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EPIMERIZATION; HYBRID ENZYMES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALGINIC ACID; EPIMERASE; HEXURONIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MANNURONAN C 5 EPIMERASE; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142708162     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031580     Document Type: Article

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