Substrate specificity of plant UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases predicted from crystal structures and homology modeling

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-347

  Osmani, Sarah A ^a   Bak, Søren ^a   Møller, Birger Lindberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Glycosyltransferase; Homology modeling; Substrate specificity; Sugar donor specificity; UGT

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 62349122684     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.12.009     Document Type: Review

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