Human YKL-39 is a pseudo-chitinase with retained chitooligosaccharide- binding properties

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Schimpl, Marianne ^a   Rush, Christina L ^a   Betou, Marie ^b   Eggleston, Ian M ^b   Recklies, Anneliese D ^c   Van Aalten, Daan M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Chitinase like proteins; Glycan; Glycan array; Glycobiology; Lectin; Protein structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CHITINASE; CHITINASE INHIBITOR; CHITOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCAN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOMER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YKL 39;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ADIPOKINES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LECTINS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84864743661     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120377     Document Type: Article

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