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The role of constant region carbohydrate in the assembly and secretion of human IgD and IgA1.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Aug 2002
Gala Francoise A, Morrison Sherie L
Abstract excerpt
Immunoglobulins are glycoproteins, containing N- linked carbohydrates in the heavy chain constant regions of all isotypes and O-linked carbohydrates in the hinge regions of human IgA1 and IgD. A previous study showed that IgD synthesized in the presence of tunicamycin and lacking the three N-linked glycans on the heavy chain was not secreted (Shin, S. U., Wei, D. F., Amin, A. R., Thorbecke, G. J., and Morrison,...
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