Emerging structural insights into glycosyltransferase-mediated synthesis of glycans

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2019, Pages 853-864

  Moremen, Kelley W ^a   Haltiwanger, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DATABASE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 85070808548     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0350-2     Document Type: Review

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