Comparative sequence analysis in the sialyltransferase protein family: Analysis of motifs

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-498

  Datta, Arun K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Glycosyltransferase; Linkage specific; Motif; Mutagenesis; Oligosaccharide; Sialylmotif; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68349125157     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945009788488422     Document Type: Review

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