Purification and characterization of fetal bovine serum β-N-acetyl-D- galactosaminyltransferase and β-D-glucuronyltransferase involved in chondroitin sulfate biosynthesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 461-467

  Tsuchida, Kazunori ^a   Lind, Thomas ^a   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^c   Lindahl, Ulf ^a   Sugahara, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Lidholt, Kerstin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chondroitin sulfate; Glucuronyltransferase; Glycosaminoglycan; N acetylgalactosaminyltransferase; Proteoglycan

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHONDROITIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ENZYME STABILITY; FETAL BLOOD; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033199338     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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