A novel bacterial enzyme with d-glucuronyl C5-epimerase activity

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 24332-24339

  Raedts, John ^a   Lundgren, Magnus ^b   Kengen, Servé W M ^a   Li, Jin Ping ^c   Van Der Oost, John ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Cell and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMO-ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS; COMPLICATED REACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; MODIFICATION REACTIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE; MAMMALS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EPIMERASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BERMANELLA MARISRUBRI; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION;

BERMANELLA MARISRUBRI; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE BIOSYNTHESIS; D-GLUCURONYL C5-EPIMERASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; L-IDURONIC ACID; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84883137867     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.476440     Document Type: Article

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