Biochemical and functional characterization of UDP-galactose 4-epimerase from Aeromonas hydrophila

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1774, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 828-837

  Agarwal, Shivani ^a   Gopal, Keshav ^a   Upadhyaya, Tanuja ^a   Dixit, Aparna ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Circular dichroism; Fluorescence spectroscopy; UDP galactose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOMER; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOCIATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NAD; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RACEMASES AND EPIMERASES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 34250800262     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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