The biosynthesis of 8-O-methylated sialic acids in the starfish Asterias rubens - Isolation and characterisation of S-adenosyi-L-methionine:sialate- 8-O-methyltransferase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 874-884

  Kelm, Antje ^a   Shaw, Lee ^a   Schauer, Roland ^a   Reuter, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

8 O methyltransferase; Affinity chromatography; Manganese dependence; Sialic acid; Starfish

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; COBALT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GONADS; HORSES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MANGANESE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SIALIC ACIDS; STARFISH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032005176     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510874.x     Document Type: Article

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