Structure and function of α-glucan debranching enzymes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2619-2641

  Møller, Marie Sofie ^a,b   Henriksen, Anette ^c   Svensson, Birte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate binding modules; Domain architecture; Glycoside hydrolase family 13 subfamilies; Multi domain three dimensional structure; Phylogeny; Sequence motifs and determinants; Structure function relationship; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCAN DEBRANCHING ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE 20; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE 34; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE 41; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE 48; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING MODULE 68; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAN ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOGEN DEBRANCHING ENZYME; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOAMYLASE; MALTOGENIC ALPHA AMYLASE; OLIGO 1,6 GLUCOSIDASE; OLIGO ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; PULLULAN HYDROLASE; PULLULANASE; PULLULANASE TYPE I; PULLULANASE TYPE II; PULLULANASE TYPE II WITH ONE CATALYTIC DOMAIN; PULLULANASE TYPE II WITH TWO CATALYTIC DOMAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLUCAN; GLYCOGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA BASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEREOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

GLUCANS; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INDUSTRY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84965052610     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2241-y     Document Type: Review

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