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Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the ST3GAL4 Gene with VWF Antigen and Factor VIII Activity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Song Jaewoo, Xue Cheng, Preisser John S, Cramer Drake W, Houck Katie L, Liu Guo, Folsom Aaron R, Couper David, Yu Fuli, Dong Jing-Fei
Abstract excerpt
VWF is extensively glycosylated with biantennary core fucosylated glycans. Most N-linked and O-linked glycans on VWF are sialylated. FVIII is also glycosylated, with a glycan structure similar to that of VWF. ST3GAL sialyltransferases catalyze the transfer of sialic acids in the α2,3 linkage to termini of N- and O-glycans. This sialic acid modification is critical for VWF synthesis and activity. We analyzed...
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