Photobacterium sp. JT-ISH-224 produces two sialyltransferases, α-/β-glactoside α2,3-sialyltransferase and β-galactoside α2,6-sialyltransferase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-197

  Tsukamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Takakura, Yoshimitsu ^a   Mine, Toshiki ^a   Yamamoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial sialyltransferase; Glycosyltransferase family 80; Photobacterium; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDE ALPHA2,3 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; ALPHA METHYL GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDE ALPHA 2,6 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; BETA GALACTOSIDE ALPHA2,3 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; BETA METHYL GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTOSE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PYRANOSIDE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM SP.; SPHYRAENA JAPONICA;

EID: 39049097535     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvm208     Document Type: Article

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