Glycosyltransferase engineering for carbohydrate synthesis

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-142

  McArthur, John B ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Directed evolution; Enzymatic synthesis; Glycosyltransferase; Mutagenesis; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ASSAY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CARBOHYDRATES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ASSAYS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84957885647     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150200     Document Type: Article

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