Recent structures, evolution and mechanisms of glycosyltransferases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 540-549

  Breton, Christelle ^a   Fournel Gigleux, Sylvie ^b   Palcic, Monica M ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; FUCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

DRUG DISCOVERY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84867747900     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2012.06.007     Document Type: Review

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