Altered architecture of substrate binding region defines the unique specificity of UDP-GalNAc 4-epimerases

Protein Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 856-866

  Bhatt, Veer S ^a   Guo, Chu Yueh ^a   Guan, Wanyi ^b   Zhao, Guohui ^a   Yi, Wen ^a   Liu, Zhi Jie ^c   Wang, Peng G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

4 Epimerase; Galactose metabolism; Lipopolysaccharide; N acetylglucosamine; Rossmann fold

Indexed keywords

2 DEOXY LEVO ALTRURONIC ACID; GLYCAN; HEXOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLESIOMONAS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URONIC ACIDS;

PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES;

EID: 79954510706     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.611     Document Type: Article

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