Chemical mechanism and specificity of the C5-mannuronan epimerase reaction

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 9138-9144

  Jerga, Agoston ^a   Stanley, Matthew D ^a   Tipton, Peter A ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; MIXING; PROTONS;

EPIMERIZATION; GLYCOSIDIC BOND; MANNURONATE RESIDUES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ENZYMES;

ALGINIC ACID; C5 MANNURONAN EPIMERASE; EPIMERASE; GLUCONIC ACID; MANNURONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EPIMERIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EFFECT; SYNTHESIS;

ALGINATES; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CATALYSIS; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33746585660     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060748f     Document Type: Article

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