Molecular analysis of heparan sulfate biosynthetic enzyme machinery and characterization of heparan sulfate structure in Nematostella vectensis

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 419, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 585-593

  Feta, Almir ^a   Do, Anh Tri ^a,b   Rentzsch, Fabian ^a   Technau, Ulrich ^a,c   Kusche Gullberg, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BOSTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

6 O endosulfatase (Sulf); Development; Evolution; Heparan sulfate (HS) biosynthetic enzymes; Nematostella vectensis (starlet sea anemone)

Indexed keywords

6-O-ENDOSULFATASE (SULF); DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; HEPARAN SULFATE (HS) BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS (STARLET SEA ANEMONE);

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; MACHINERY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

EXOSTOSIN 1; EXOSTOSIN 2; EXOSTOSIN 3; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYP (CNIDARIAN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTINIARIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DISACCHARIDES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEPARITIN SULFATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 64849085479     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20082081     Document Type: Article

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