A novel -d-galactosynthase from Thermotoga maritima converts -d-galactopyranosyl azide to -galacto-oligosaccharides

Glycobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-456

  Cobucci Ponzano, Beatrice ^a   Zorzetti, Carmela ^a   Strazzulli, Andrea ^a   Carillo, Sara ^b   Bedini, Emiliano ^b   Corsaro, Maria Michela ^b   Comfort, Donald A ^c,d   Kelly, Robert M ^c   Rossi, Mos ^a,b   Moracci, Marco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

^d University of Dayton   (United States)

Author keywords

gal epitope; galacto oligosaccharides; carbohydrate synthesis; glycosynthase; protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEXTRO GALACTOSYNTHASE; ALPHA GALACTO OLIGOSACCHARIDE DERIVATIVE; AZIDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSYL AZIDE; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ASPARTIC ACID; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ASPARTIC ACID; AZIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DISACCHARIDES; GALACTOSE; GLYCINE; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 79952545953     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq177     Document Type: Article

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