Structural and mechanistic characterization of leukocyte-type core 2 β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase: A metal-ion-independent GT-A glycosyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 414, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 798-811

  Pak, John E ^a   Satkunarajah, Malathy ^a   Seetharaman, Jayaraman ^b   Rini, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C2GnT L; core 2; glycosyltransferase; GT A; GT B

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA PHOSPHATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEUKOCYTE TYPE CORE 2 BETA1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; METAL ION; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 82555168211     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.039     Document Type: Article

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