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Published on: June 16, 2019
Evidence for tyrosinase as a beta1,6 branch containing glycoprotein: substrate of GnT-V
Debjit Chakraborty1, Ashok K Chakraborty
1Department of Psychiatry, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700073 India.
Abstract:
Tyrosinase is a rate-limiting enzyme in mammalian melanogenesis, and is known as a glycoprotein. Post-translational processing of mammalian tyrosinase is required for its folding, sorting, and for enzymatic activity. Here we show for the first time that the mammalian tyrosinase has beta1,6-branched N-glycan structure that can be recognized by binding with specific lectin Leukoagglutinating phytohematoagglutinin (L-PHA). Further, this specific glycoconjugate structure has been shown to have a function relationship in melanin synthesis.
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