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Upregulation of dendritic arborization by N-acetyl-D-glucosamine kinase is not dependent on its kinase activity.
Molecules and cells - 1 Apr 2014
Lee HyunSook, Dutta Samikshan, Moon Il Soo
Abstract excerpt
N-acetylglucosamine kinase (GlcNAc kinase or NAGK; EC 2.7.1.59) is highly expressed and plays a critical role in the development of dendrites in brain neurons. In this study, the authors conducted structure-function analysis to verify the previously proposed 3D model structure of GlcNAc/ ATP-bound NAGK. Three point NAGK mutants with different substrate binding capacities and reaction velocities were produced....
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