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E P Bennett1, H Hassan, M A Hollingsworth, H Clausen.
Abstract
A novel member of the human UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase gene family, designated GalNAc-T7, was cloned and expressed. GalNAc-T7 exhibited different properties compared to other characterized members of this gene family, in showing apparent exclusive specificity for partially GalNAc-glycosylated acceptor substrates. GalNAc-T7 showed no activity with a large panel of non-glycosylated peptides, but was selectively activated by partial GalNAc glycosylation of peptide substrates derived from the tandem repeats of human MUC2 and rat submaxillary gland mucin. The function of GalNAc-T7 is suggested to be as a follow-up enzyme in the initiation step of O-glycosylation.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10544240 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01268-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124