The GH18 family of chitinases: Their domain architectures, functions and evolutions

Glycobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Huang, Qian Sheng ^a,c   Xie, Xiao Lan ^a   Liang, Ge ^a   Gong, Fang ^a   Wang, Ye ^a   Wei, Xiao Qian ^a   Wang, Qin ^a   Ji, Zhi Liang ^a,b   Chen, Qing Xi ^a,b  

^a Institute of Genetics   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

arthropod; chitolectin; domain architecture; exon arrangement; functional evolution

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSOZOA; EXON; EXON SHUFFLING; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SYNTENY; TRIBOLIUM; VERTEBRATE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CHITINASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; PENAEIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 83255189500     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr092     Document Type: Article

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