β-Glycosyl Azides as Substrates for α-Glycosynthases: Preparation of Efficient α-L-Fucosynthases

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1097-1108

  Cobucci Ponzano, Beatrice ^a   Conte, Fiorella ^a   Bedini, Emiliano ^b   Corsaro, Maria Michela ^b   Parrilli, Michelangelo ^b   Sulzenbacher, Gerlind ^c   Lipski, Alexandra ^c   Dal Piaz, Fabrizio ^d   Lepore, Laura ^d   Rossi, Mosè ^a,b   Moracci, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CHEMBIO; MOLNEURO

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; AZIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALPHA-L-FUCOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AZIDES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSYLATION; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71149100975     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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