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Keratan sulfate (KS), also
called keratosulfate, is any of
several sulfated glycosaminoglycans (structural carbohydrates) that have been
found especially...
- and an
amino sugar,
except in the case of the
sulfated glycosaminoglycan keratan, where, in
place of the
uronic sugar there is a
galactose unit. GAGs are...
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Morquio syndrome, the
specific GAG
which builds up in the body is
called keratan sulfate. This
birth defect,
which is
autosomal recessive, is a type of...
- been
studied until recently. Like the
chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans,
keratan sulfate proteoglycan (KSPG)
production is up
regulated in
reactive astrocytes...
- enzymology, a
keratan sulfotransferase (EC 2.8.2.21) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction 3'-phosphoadenylyl
sulfate +
keratan ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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walls of the aorta. They have also been
known to
affect neuroplasticity.
Keratan sulfates have a
variable sulfate content and,
unlike many
other GAGs, do...
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Keratan-sulfate endo-1,4-β-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.103, endo-β-galactosidase,
keratan sulfate endogalactosidase, keratanase,
keratan-sulfate 1,4-β-D-galactanohydrolase)...
- in the
hippocampus of aged mice,
spatial learning and
memory improved.
Keratan sulfate N-Acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) N-Acetyllactosamine
synthase Wheat...
- are the
glycolipids stage specific embryonic antigen 3 and 4, and the
keratan sulfate antigens Tra-1-60 and Tra-1-81. The
molecular definition of a stem...
- xylose. This
process is
unusual and
requires specific xylosyltransferases.
Keratan sulphate attaches to a
serine or
threonine residue through GalNAc, and...
