Carbohydrate active enzymes in medicine and biotechnology: The reaction mechanism of retaining glycosyltransferases

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 51-60

  Ardèvol, Albert ^a,c   Iglesias Fernández, Javier ^a,d   Rojas Cervellera, Víctor ^a   Rovira, Carme ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ab initio molecular dynamics; Enzyme catalysis; Glycosyltransferases; Metadynamics; Quantum mechanics molecular mechanics; Retention of configuration.

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; QUANTUM THEORY;

ANIMALS; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84957900542     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20150177     Document Type: Article

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