Evidence for new β1-3 galactosyltransferase activity involved in biosynthesis of unusual N-glycan harboring T-antigen in Apis mellifera

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1111-1114

  Kimura, Yoshinobu ^a   Sakamura, Sho ^a   Ushijima, Takayuki ^a   Hama, Yoichiro ^b   Kajiura, Hiroyuki ^c   Fujiyama, Kazuhito ^c   Okihara, Kiyoshi ^d   Hashimoto, Ken ^d   Sugimoto, Hiroyuki ^d   Yamada, Hideo ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yamada Apiculture Center Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 3 galactosyltransferase; Apis mellifera; N glycan; Royal jelly glycoprotein; Thomsen Friedenreich antigen (Gal 1 3GalNAc)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; COMPLEXATION; GLYCOLS; TUMORS;

APIS MELLIFERA; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ROYAL JELLY GLYCOPROTEIN; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH ANTIGENS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

APIS MELLIFERA; EUKARYOTA;

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROSOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; BEES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATABASES, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSOMES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 34247546701     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70081     Document Type: Article

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