Hydrophobic recognition allows the glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 to catalyze its substrate in two orientations

Nature Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Yang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Jinzhu ^a   Ke, Dan ^a   Yang, Wenxian ^a   Tang, Minghai ^a   Jiang, Jian ^a   Cheng, Guo ^b   Li, Jianshu ^b   Cheng, Wei ^a   Wei, Yuquan ^a   Li, Qintong ^c   Naismith, James H ^a,d,e   Zhu, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Protein Production UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 76G1; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; STEVIOL; SUGAR; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; PLANT PROTEIN; STEVIOSIDE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME KINETIC ASSAY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOSYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STEVIA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DITERPENES, KAURANE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STEVIA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85069515484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11154-4     Document Type: Article

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