American National Red Cross, Blood Research Laboratory, 9312 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Md. 20014 U.S.A.
Abstract:
Isolated platelet membranes synthesize mannosylretinyl phosphate and dolichylmannosyl phosphate from GDP-14C]mannose, but only dolichylglucosyl-phosphate is synthesized from UDP-14C]glucose.Addition of exogenous retinylphosphate specifically stimulates the biosynthesis of mannosylretinylphosphate.