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  • 标题:Sialylation is essential for early development in mice
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  • 作者:Martina Schwarzkopf ; Klaus-Peter Knobeloch ; Elvira Rohde
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2002
  • 卷号:99
  • 期号:8
  • 页码:5267-5270
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.072066199
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Sialic acids are widely expressed as terminal carbohydrates on glycoconjugates of eukaryotic cells. Sialylation is crucial for a variety of cellular functions, such as cell adhesion or signal recognition, and regulates the biological stability of glycoproteins. The key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis is the bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase (UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase), which catalyzes the first two steps of sialic acid biosynthesis in the cytosol. We report that inactivation of the UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase by gene targeting causes early embryonic lethality in mice, thereby emphasizing the fundamental role of this bifunctional enzyme and sialylation during development. The need of UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase for a defined sialylation process is exemplified with the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule in embryonic stem cells.
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