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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...
- enzymology, a keratan sulfotransferase (EC 2.8.2.21) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 3'-phosphoadenylyl sulfate + keratan ⇌ {\displaystyle...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Structures of heparan sulphate and keratan sulphate, formed by the addition of xylose or GalNAc sugars, respectively, onto serine and threonine residues...
- many adult tissues including blood vessels and skin brevican, 145kDa Keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratan sulfate fibromodulin, 42 kDa lumican, 38 kDa...