Quaternary structure of WzzB and WzzE polysaccharide copolymerases

Protein Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-69

  Kalynych, Sergei ^a   Cherney, Maia ^b   Bostina, Mihnea ^c   Rouiller, Isabelle ^a   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; low resolution studies; O antigen elongation; oligomeric state; polysaccharide copolymerases; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZZB POLYSACCHARIDE COPOLYMERASE; WZZE POLYSACCHARIDE COPOLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; WZZB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NEGATIVE STAIN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SIZE EXCLUSION COUPLED TO MULTIANGLE LASER LIGHT SCATTERING; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

EID: 84928964354     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2586     Document Type: Article

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