Catalytic mechanism and substrate selectivity of aldo-keto reductases: Insights from structure-function studies of Candida tenuis xylose reductase

IUBMB Life

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Kratzer, Regina ^a   Wilson, David K ^b   Nidetzky, Bernd ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldo keto reductase; Bioreduction; Catalytic mechanism; Substrate selectivity; Xylose reductase; Xylose utilization

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; XYLOSE;

CANDIDA TENUIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CANDIDA; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; XYLOSE;

CANDIDA TENUIS;

EID: 33749156709     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540600818143     Document Type: Review

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