Fuc-TIX: A versatile α1,3-fucosyltransferase with a distinct acceptor- and site-specificity profile

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-368

  Toivonen, Suvi ^a   Nishihara, Shoko ^b   Narimatsu, Hisashi ^c   Renkonen, Ossi ^a   Renkonen, Risto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fuc TIX; Fucosyltransferase; Glucosyltransferase; Polylactosamine; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLGLYCOPEPTIDE BETA 1,4 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GLYCAN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; AMINOSUGAR; DISACCHARIDE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GALACTOSIDE 3-FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYLACTOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL LYSATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO SUGARS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; DISACCHARIDES; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 0036591495     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.6.361     Document Type: Article

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