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GDP-D-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GME) plays a key role at the intersection of ascorbate and non-cellulosic cell-wall biosynthesis in tomato.
The GDP-D-mannose 3,5-epimerase (GME, EC 5.1.3.18), which converts...
Direct Link | 4th February, 2010
| Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Universite de
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| [Catalytic reaction mechanisms of the enzymes producing rare sugars based on X-ray structures]
| 20th January, 2010
| Life Science Research Center & Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University,
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Enzymatic characterization and comparison of various poaceae UDP-GlcA 4-epimerase isoforms.
UDP-alpha-D-galacturonic acid (UDP-GalA) is a key precursor for the...
Direct Link | 20th January, 2010
| Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-4712,
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Heparan sulfate deficiency in periocular mesenchyme causes microphthalmia and ciliary body dysgenesis.
The heparan sulfate (HS) is a component of proteoglycans in the...
Direct Link | 16th January, 2010
| Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kumamoto University,
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Features and applications of microbial sugar epimerases.
Sugar (carbohydrate) epimerases catalyze the reversible conversion of a...
Direct Link | 16th December, 2009
| Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of the Ryukyus,
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Truncation in the core oligosaccharide of lipopolysaccharide affects flagella-mediated motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 via modulation of cell surface attachment.
In many Gram-negative bacterial species, rough strains producing truncated...
Direct Link | 16th December, 2009
| Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph,
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Identification of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase involved in exosporium protein glycosylation in Bacillus anthracis.
Spores of Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, are enclosed...
Direct Link | 18th November, 2009
| Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama
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Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1-deficient mice have reduced content and changed distribution of iduronic acids in dermatan sulfate and an altered collagen structure in skin.
Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 (DS-epi1) and DS-epi2 convert glucuronic acid...
Direct Link | 5th November, 2009
| Department of Experimental Medical Science, Biomedical Center D12, Lund
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1H, 15N, 13C resonance assignment of the AlgE6R1 subunit from the Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C5-epimerase.
Isotopically labelled, (13)C/(15)N from of recombinant subunit of the...
Direct Link | 20th August, 2009
| NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and
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Regulation and pathophysiological implications of UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase/ManNAc kinase (GNE) as the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis.
The key enzyme for the biosynthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid, from which...
Direct Link | 19th August, 2009
| Beuth Hochschule fur Technik Berlin, Fachbereich Life Sciences and
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Production of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid using two sequential enzymes overexpressed as double-tagged fusion proteins.
BACKGROUND: Two sequential enzymes in the production of sialic acids,...
Direct Link | 18th August, 2009
| Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University,
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Crystal structures and enzyme mechanisms of a dual fucose mutarotase/ribose pyranase.
Escherichia coli FucU (Fucose Unknown) is a dual fucose mutarotase and...
Direct Link | 12th August, 2009
| Center for Biomolecular Recognition, Division of Molecular and Life
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Two site-directed mutations are required for the conversion of a sugar dehydratase into an aminotransferase.
L-colitose and d-perosamine are unusual sugars found in the O-antigens of...
Direct Link | 31st July, 2009
| Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Identification and functional analysis of the gene cluster for L-arabinose utilization in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 31831 grew on l-arabinose as the sole...
Direct Link | 16th June, 2009
| Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Kyoto, Japan.
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Sialic acid (N-acetyl neuraminic acid) utilization by Bacteroides fragilis requires a novel N-acetyl mannosamine epimerase.
We characterized the nanLET operon in Bacteroides fragilis, whose products...
Direct Link | 3rd June, 2009
| Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School
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