Structure of a metal-independent bacterial glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the synthesis of histo-blood group A antigen

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Thiyagarajan, Nethaji ^a   Pham, Tram T K ^a   Stinson, Brittany ^b   Sundriyal, Amit ^a,c   Tumbale, Percy ^b,d   Lizotte Waniewski, Michelle ^b   Brew, Keith ^b   Acharya, K Ravi ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METAL;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BINDING SITE; BIOCATALYSIS; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BINDING SITES; BIOCATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871746273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00940     Document Type: Article

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