Characterization of a UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase with an unusual lectin domain from the platyhelminth parasite Echinococcus granulosus

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 501-510

  Freire, Teresa ^a   Fernández, Cecilia ^b,c   Chalar, Cora ^c   Maizels, Rick M ^b   Alzari, Pedro ^d   Osinaga, Eduardo ^a   Robello, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Helminth parasite; O glycosylation; UDP N acetyl D galactosamine:polypeptide N acetylgalactosaminyltransferase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

HYDATID CYST WALLS; THRONINE RESIDUES;

POLYPEPTIDES;

LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUCIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE LIBRARY; HYDATID CYST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 4544338403     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031877     Document Type: Article

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