Structural, mutagenic and in silico studies of xyloglucan fucosylation in Arabidopsis thaliana suggest a water-mediated mechanism

Plant Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 931-949

  Urbanowicz, Breeanna R ^a   Bharadwaj, Vivek S ^b   Alahuhta, Markus ^b   Peña, Maria J ^a   Lunin, Vladimir V ^b   Bomble, Yannick J ^b   Wang, Shuo ^a   Yang, Jeong Yeh ^a   Tuomivaara, Sami T ^a,c   Himmel, Michael E ^b   Moremen, Kelley W ^a   York, William S ^a   Crowley, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; fucosylation; fucosyltransferase; hemicellulose synthesis; reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; MAMMALS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUCOSYLATION; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENESIS EXPERIMENT; REACTION MECHANISM; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; XYLOGLUCAN SIDE CHAINS;

X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; MUTAGENS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 2-ALPHA-L-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCAN; WATER; XYLAN; XYLOGLUCAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL MODEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLATION; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MUTAGENESIS; WATER; XYLANS;

EID: 85028455278     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13628     Document Type: Article

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