Computational analysis of the fructosyltransferase enzymes in plants, fungi and bacteria

Gene

Volumn 484, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 26-34

  Alméciga Díaz, Carlos J ^a   Gutierrez, Ángela M ^b   Bahamon, Isabella ^b   Rodríguez, Alexander ^a   Rodríguez, Mauro A ^a   Sánchez, Oscar F ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Fructooligosaccharides; Fructosyltransferases; Glycoside hydrolase 32 family; Glycoside hydrolase 68 family; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FRUCTAN:FRUCTAN 1 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FRUCTAN:FRUCTAN 6G FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE 32; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE 68; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE:FRUCTAN 6 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE:SUCROSE 1 FRUCTOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GLYCOSYLATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGI; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI;

EID: 79960934133     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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