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Diverse subcellular localizations of the insect CMP-sialic acid synthetases.
Glycobiology - 1 Apr 2017
Di Wu, Fujita Akiko, Hamaguchi Kayo, Delannoy Philippe, Sato Chihiro, Kitajima Ken
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence and biological importance of sialic acid (Sia) and its metabolic enzymes in insects have been studied using Drosophila melanogaster. The most prominent feature of D. melanogaster CMP-Sia synthetase (DmCSS) is its Golgi-localization, contrasted with nuclear localization of vertebrate CSSs. However, it remains unclear if the Golgi-localization is common to other insect CSSs and why it happens. To...
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