An oligosaccharyltransferase from Leishmania major increases the N-glycan occupancy on recombinant glycoproteins produced in Nicotiana benthamiana

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1700-1709

  Castilho, Alexandra ^a   Beihammer, Gernot ^a   Pfeiffer, Christina ^a   Göritzer, Kathrin ^a   Montero Morales, Laura ^a   Vavra, Ulrike ^a   Maresch, Daniel ^a   Grünwald Gruber, Clemens ^a   Altmann, Friedrich ^a   Steinkellner, Herta ^a   Strasser, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

glyco engineering; N glycosylation; Nicotiana benthamiana; oligosaccharyltransferase; plant made pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

DOLICHYL-DIPHOSPHOOLIGOSACCHARIDE - PROTEIN GLYCOTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLYCOSYLATION; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EID: 85044419692     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12906     Document Type: Article

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