Amide N-Glycosylation by Asm25, an N-Glycosyltransferase of Ansamitocins

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 863-874

  Zhao, Peiji ^a   Bai, Linquan ^b   Ma, Juan ^a   Zeng, Ying ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Zhang, Yirong ^b   Lu, Chunhua ^c   Dai, Huanqin ^a   Wu, Zhaoxian ^c   Li, Yaoyao ^c   Wu, Xuan ^c   Chen, Gang ^a   Hao, Xiaojiang ^a   Shen, Yuemao ^a,c   Deng, Zixin ^b   Floss, Heinz G ^d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANSAMITOCINS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSIDE; LACTAM; MAYTANSINE; N GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE, NOCARDIA AEROCOLONIGENES; N-GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE, NOCARDIA AEROCOLONIGENES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN RENATURATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMIDES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; LACTAMS; MAYTANSINE; PROTEIN RENATURATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ACTINOSYNNEMA PRETIOSUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 49449086158     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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