Sulfation of glucuronic acid in the linkage tetrasaccharide by HNK-1 sulfotransferase is an inhibitory signal for the expression of a chondroitin sulfate chain on thrombomodulin

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 415, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-113

  Nakagawa, Naoki ^a   Izumikawa, Tomomi ^b   Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^b   Oka, Shogo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti coagulant activity; GAG protein linkage region; HNK 1 carbohydrate epitope; HNK 1ST; Thrombomodulin

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; EPITOPE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMAN NATURAL KILLER 1 EPITOPE; HUMAN NATURAL KILLER 1 SULFOTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT THROMBOMODULIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFATION;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; SULFATES; SULFOTRANSFERASES; THROMBOMODULIN;

EID: 80755140574     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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