| Literature DB >> 7680492 |
T Miyata1, J Takeda, Y Iida, N Yamada, N Inoue, M Takahashi, K Maeda, T Kitani, T Kinoshita.
Abstract
The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor is a membrane attachment structure of many proteins and occurs in a wide variety of eukaryotes from yeasts to mammals. The structure of the core of the GPI anchor is conserved in protozoa and mammals and so is its biosynthetic pathway. A complementary DNA encoding a human protein termed PIG-A (phosphatidylinositol glycan-class A) was cloned. PIG-A was necessary for synthesis of N-acetylglucosaminyl-phosphatidylinositol, the very early intermediate in GPI-anchor biosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 7680492 DOI: 10.1126/science.7680492
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728