Glycosyltransferase structural biology and its role in the design of catalysts for glycosylation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 800-808

  Chang, Aram ^a   Singh, Shanteri ^a   Phillips, George N ^a   Thorson, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHARMACEUTICALS; FOCUS OF ATTENTION; GLYCOSYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; POTENTIAL DRUG; SMALL MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SUGARS;

CATALYSTS;

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOPHILE; SUGAR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GLYCOSYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGIOSPECIFICITY; REVIEW; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATES; CATALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 80055088136     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.04.013     Document Type: Review

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