Observing cellulose biosynthesis and membrane translocation in crystallo

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7594, 2016, Pages 329-334

  Morgan, Jacob L W ^a   McNamara, Joshua T ^a   Fischer, Michael ^b,c   Rich, Jamie ^b,d   Chen, Hong Ming ^b   Withers, Stephen G ^b   Zimmer, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d Kairos Therapeutics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE BCSA; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE BCSB; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELLULOSE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEOLIPID; PROTEOLIPOSOMES;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELLULOSE; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ENZYMOLOGY; IN CRYSTALLO ENZYMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEOLIPIDS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84971444217     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature16966     Document Type: Article

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