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2020.02.14

Cross-talks of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis with glycosphingolipid biosynthesis and ER-associated degradation (Kinoshita G in Nat Commun)

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Taroh Kinoshita (Immunoglycobiology, IFReC/Research Institute of Microbial Diseases, Osaka University) found that B3GALT4, known as GM1 synthase, is glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-Gal-T.


Galactosyltransferase B2GALT4 for both GPI & gangliosides


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Taroh Kinoshita (Immunoglycobiology)


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