| Literature DB >> 18668 |
M G Mestrallet, F A Cumar, R Caputto.
Abstract
An enzyme preparation from embryonic chicken brain catalyzes the transfer of sialic acid from CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid to ceramide-Glc-Gal(NeuAc-NeuAc)-GalNAc-Gal (GDlb) to form ceramide-Glc-Gal(NeuAc-NeuAc)-GalNAc-Gal-NeuAc (GTlb). The sialyltransferase activity was measured during the development of the embryo, the subcellular distribution of this activity was determined and several kinetic properties of the reaction were examined. A comparative study with the similar reaction involved in the transfer of sialic acid to the terminal galactose in ceramide-Glc-Gal(NeuAc)-GalNAc-Gal (GMl) was made. The results obtained in this comparative study suggest that the transfer of sialic acid in both reactions is catalyzed by the same enzyme.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 18668 DOI: 10.1007/BF01732045
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biochem ISSN: 0300-8177 Impact factor: 3.396