Identification of essential amino acids in the Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases.

doi:10.1128/jb.179.11.3391-3396.1997

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Identification of essential amino acids in the Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 1997

Tsumori H, Minami T, Kuramitsu H K

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A comparison of the amino acid sequences of the glucosyltransferases (GTFs) of mutans streptococci with those from the alpha-amylase family of enzymes revealed a number of conserved amino acid positions which have been implicated as essential in catalysis. Utilizing a site-directed mutagenesis ap...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acids, Essential
Base Sequence
Conserved Sequence
Glucosyltransferases
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Mutation
Sequence Alignment
Streptococcus

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