Title : Polysialyltransferases: major players in polysialic acid synthesis on the neural cell adhesion molecule.

Pub. Date : 2003 Jan-Feb

PMID : 12765789






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1 Polysialic acid is a unique carbohydrate composed of a linear homopolymer of alpha2,8-linked sialic acid, and is mainly attached to the fifth immunoglobulin-like domain of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) via a typical N-linked glycan in vertebrate neural system. Carbohydrates neural cell adhesion molecule 1 Homo sapiens