Ganglioside biosynthesis. Characterization of uridine diphosphate galactose: GM2 galactosyltransferase in Golgiapparatus from rat liver

An enzyme that transfers galactose from UDP-Gal to ganglioside GM2 (Tay-Sachs ganglioside) was concentrated 50 times in Golgi apparatus from rat liver relative to total homogenates. This enzyme required detergents or phospholipids as dispersing agents. Of the numerous detergents tested, sodium tauro...

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Main Authors: F E Wilkinson, D J Morré, T W Keenan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1976-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520369996