N-Glycosylations of human α1,3-fucosyltransferase IX are required for full enzyme activity

Glycobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 559-567

  Seelhorst, Katrin ^a   Stacke, Christina ^a   Ziegelmüller, Patrick ^a   Hahn, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

enzyme kinetics; fucosyltransferases; Lewis X; N glycosylation; site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ASPARAGINE; GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INSECT CELL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA;

SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 84879081698     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws219     Document Type: Article

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