New pathway of heparan sulphate degradationIduronate sulphatase and N-sulphoglucosamine 6-sulphatase act on the polymer chain prior to depolymerisation by a N-sulpho-glucosaminidase and glycuronidases in the mollusc Tagelus gibbus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 539-547

  Medeiros, Maria G L ^a   Ferreira, Thais M P C ^a   Leite, Edda L ^a   Toma, Leny ^b   Dietrich, Carl P ^b   Nader, Helena B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endosulphatases; Mollusc; Mollusc glycuronidases; Mollusc heparan sulphate degradation; Mollusc iduronate sulphatase; Mollusc N sulphoglucosaminidase; Mollusc sulphatases: glycosaminoglycan degradation molluscs

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; IDURONATE 2 SULFATASE; N SULFOGLUCOSAMINE 6 SULFATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENZYME ASSAY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031879618     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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