Catalytic mechanism and mode of action of the periplasmic alginate epimerase AlgG

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6006-6019

  Wolfram, Francis ^a   Kitova, Elena N ^b   Robinson, Howard ^c   Walvoort, Marthe T C ^d   Codée, Jeroen D C ^d   Klassen, John S ^e   Howell, P Lynne ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM INFECTIONS; CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; ELECTROSTATIC SURFACES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SUBSTRATE BINDING; SUBSTRATE DOCKING;

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ALGINATE;

ALGG PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPIMERIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGINATE; BIOFILM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CATALYSIS; EPIMERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84896858114     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.533158     Document Type: Article

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