Galactosialidosis: molecular heterogeneity in biosynthesis and processing of protective protein for beta-galactosidase. 1988

E Nanba, and A Tsuji, and K Omura, and Y Suzuki
Division of Inherited Metabolic Disease, National Institute of Neuroscience, N.C.N.P., Tokyo, Japan.

Biosynthesis and processing of the protective protein for beta-galactosidase in normal and galactosialidosis fibroblasts were investigated using specific antiserum preparations. A 45-kd precursor was processed to a mature 30-kd protein in normal fibroblasts. The mature protective protein was not detected in any of the twelve galactosialidosis fibroblast strains examined in this study. The precursor was not detected in two cases and in the others was of heterogeneous molecular weight, i.e., normal, abnormally low, or abnormally high. These molecular abnormalities were not correlated with clinical manifestations of the patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009439 Neuraminidase An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of alpha-2,3, alpha-2,6-, and alpha-2,8-glycosidic linkages (at a decreasing rate, respectively) of terminal sialic residues in oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, colominic acid, and synthetic substrate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) Sialidase,Exo-alpha-Sialidase,N-Acylneuraminate Glycohydrolases,Oligosaccharide Sialidase,Exo alpha Sialidase,Glycohydrolases, N-Acylneuraminate,N Acylneuraminate Glycohydrolases,Sialidase, Oligosaccharide
D011498 Protein Precursors Precursors, Protein
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast

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