Variants of the β1,3-Galactosyltransferase CgtB from the bacterium Campylobacter jejuni have distinct acceptor specificities

Glycobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1333-1343

  Bernatchez, Stéphane ^a   Gilbert, Michel ^a   Blanchard, Marie Claude ^a   Karwaski, Marie France ^a   Li, Jianjun ^a   Defrees, Shawn ^b   Wakarchuk, Warren W ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Neose Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 galactosyltransferase; CgtB; Enzyme improvement; Glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BETA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE CGTB; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36248930468     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm090     Document Type: Article

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