Mode of action and subsite studies of the guluronan block-forming mannuronan C-5 epimerases AlgE1 and AlgE6

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-329

  Holtan, Synnøve ^a   Bruheim, Per ^b   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alginate epimerization; G block formation; Mannuronan C 5 epimerase; Mode of action; Processivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALGINATE EPIMERIZATION; G-BLOCK FORMATION; MANNURONAN C-5 EPIMERASE; MODE OF ACTION; PROCESSIVITY;

ENZYME KINETICS;

EPIMERASE; PROTEIN ALGE1; PROTEIN ALGE6; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GULURONAN; PROTEIN MANNURONAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GULURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; LYASE; MANNURONAN C 5 EPIMERASE; MANNURONAN C-5-EPIMERASE; POLYMER;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EPIMERIZATION; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; HEXURONIC ACIDS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYMERS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645756079     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051804     Document Type: Article

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