Identification of sialic acids in cell adhesion molecule, contact site A from Dictyostelium discoideum. |
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| Authors: | M Yoshida G Fuse T Matsui S Ouchi |
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| Affiliation: | Research Institute of Food Science, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | It has been believed that Dictyostelium discoideum cell membranes contain no sialic acid. In this study, however, we found that contact site A, the cell adhesion molecule of D. discoideum, is a major glycoprotein containing sialic acids. This suggests that sialic acid in non-reducing terminal plays an important role in the cell adhesion in which contact site A is involved. |
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