Metabolism of vertebrate amino sugars with N-glycolyl groups: Elucidating the intracellular fate of the non-human sialic acid N-glycolylneuraminic acid

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 28865-28881

  Bergfeld, Anne K ^a   Pearce, Oliver M T ^a   Diaz, Sandra L ^a   Pham, Tho ^a,b   Varki, Ajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELLS; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CULTURED HUMAN CELL; CYTOSOLIC; DEGRADATIVE PATHWAYS; DIETARY SOURCES; GLUCOSAMINE 6-PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLATES; HUMAN CELLS; HUMAN ENZYMES; HYDROXYLASES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; N-GLYCOLYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACIDS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; GENES; MACHINERY; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

METABOLISM;

AMINOSUGAR; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIC ACID; N GLYCOLOYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N GLYCOLYLGLUCOSAMINE; N GLYCOLYLGLUCOSAMINE 6 PHOSPHATE; N GLYCOLYLMANNOSAMINE; PHOSPHATE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL LYSATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL CONVERSION;

AMINO SUGARS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865254633     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.363549     Document Type: Article

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