The conformational plasticity of glycosyltransferases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-32

  Albesa Jové, David ^a,b,c   Guerin, Marcelo E ^a,b,c  

^a CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BIOCATALYSIS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84979663038     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.07.007     Document Type: Review

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