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Structural basis for the inactivity of human blood group O2 glycosyltransferase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 7 Jan 2005
Lee Ho Jun, Barry Christopher H, Borisova Svetlana N, Seto Nina O L, Zheng Ruixiang Blake, Blancher Antoine, Evans Stephen V, Palcic Monica M
Abstract excerpt
The human ABO(H) blood group antigens are carbohydrate structures generated by glycosyltransferase enzymes. Glycosyltransferase A (GTA) uses UDP-GalNAc as a donor to transfer a monosaccharide residue to Fuc alpha1-2Gal beta-R (H)-terminating acceptors. Similarly, glycosyltransferase B (GTB) catal...
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