Acceptor substrate specificity of a cloned G(D3) synthase that catalyzes the biosynthesis of both G(D3) and G(D1c)/G(T1a)/G(Q1b)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 647-652

  Nara, Kiyomitsu ^a   Watanabe, Yumiko ^a   Kawashima, Ikuo ^a   Tai, Tadashi ^a   Nagai, Yoshitaka ^a   Sanai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

expression; ganglioside; glycosyltransferase; sialyltransferase; substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GD3; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; SIA;

EID: 0030056086     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0647w.x     Document Type: Article

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