Characterisation of the enzymatic complex for the first step in glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 339-350

  Tiede, Andreas ^a   Nischan, Claudia ^a   Schubert, Jörg ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

GlcNAc transferase; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Membrane anchor; Membrane topology; Subcellular localisation

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0033972925     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00122-3     Document Type: Article

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