glycosyltransferase

[‚glī·kō·sil′tranz·fə‚rās]

(biochemistry)

Any of a group of enzymes that participate in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins by transferring one sugar at a time from suitable donors to particular acceptors.

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A recent computational analysis of these sequences suggested that they may be conformationally similar to the glycosyltransferase GT8 family.

Exploring peptide hormones in plants: identification of four peptide hormone-receptor pairs and two post-translational modification enzymes

24] It was proved that ABO gene variability can effect glycosyltransferase expression and activity and result in cancer development.

Retrospective analytical study of association between ABO blood group and malignancy

450] monooxygenase or glycosyltransferase activities (Delye et al.

Mutation of Trp-574-Leu ALS gene confers resistance of radish biotypes to iodosulfuron and imazethapyr herbicides/Mutacao da Trp-574-Leu do gene ALS confere resistencia de biotipos de nabo ao herbicida iodosulfurom e imazetapir

Common variation in the ABO glycosyltransferase is associated with susceptibility to severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

What Your Blood Type Says About You, In 6 Charts

NL119 is an ST1 strain one of the types hazardous to humans, but one that has lost the capsule because of a point mutation that occurred at nt 490 (T490C, Cysl64Arg) of a glycosyltransferase gene (cps2F) (Table; Figure 1, panel A) (4).

Streptococcus suis serotype 2 capsule in vivo

Antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus sobrinus and glycosyltransferase inhibitory activity of taxifolin and some flavonoids rhamnosides from kempas (Koompassia malaccensis) extracts.

Antimicrobial activity of fingerroot [Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. A.] Extract against Streptococcus mutans and streptococcus sobrinus

The ABO gene encodes a glycosyltransferase with three mainvariant alleles (A, B, and O) with different substrate specificities [Reid and Mohandas, 2004].

The association and relation of ABO blood group and secretor status with the breast cancer

Rational design of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase from Bacillus circulans strain 251 to increase alpha-cyclodextrin production.

[alpha]-Cyclodextrin and metabolic disorders

Bellbrook added that the new Transcreener UDP TR-FRET Assay will better serve a growing need for robust, HTS-proven glycosyltransferase assays for drug discovery.

BellBrook Labs Launches High Throughput Screening Assay for Glycosyltransferases

These SNPs, rs6976 and rs11177, lie in the 3'UTR of glycosyltransferase 8 domain containing 1 (GLT8D1) and in the coding region of guanine nucleotide binding protein-like 3 (GNL3 or nucleostemin), respectively.

Epidemiology and genetics of osteoarthritis

Glycosyltransferase function in core 2-type protein O glycosylation.

Mechanism of action of Rhodiola, salidroside, tyrosol and triandrin in isolated neuroglial cells: an interactive pathway analysis of the downstream effects using RNA microarray data

Patani N1, Jiang W, Mokbel K (2008) Prognostic utility of glycosyltransferase expression in breast cancer.