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Amino-acid substitution in the disordered loop of blood group B-glycosyltransferase enzyme causes weak B phenotype.
Transfusion - 1 Jul 2005
Yazer Mark H, Denomme Greg A, Rose Natisha L, Palcic Monica M
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BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated the reaction kinetics and interactions with nucleotide donor and acceptor substrates of mutant human ABO glycosyltransferases. Previous work identified a B(w) allele featuring a 556G>A polymorphism giving rise to a weak B phenotype. This polymorphism is predicted to cause a M186V amino-acid mutation within a highly conserved series of 16 amino acids present both in both...
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