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SUBMITTER: Xu YX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2915696 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Yu-Xin YX Liu Li L Caffaro Carolina E CE Hirschberg Carlos B CB
The Journal of biological chemistry 20100607 32
Nucleotide sugar transporters of the Golgi apparatus play an essential role in the glycosylation of proteins, lipids, and proteoglycans. Down-regulation of expression of the transporters for CMP-sialic acid, GDP-fucose, or both unexpectedly resulted in accumulation of glycoconjugates in the Golgi apparatus rather than in the plasma membrane. Pulse-chase experiments with radiolabeled sugars and amino acids showed decreased synthesis and secretion of both nonglycoproteins and glycoproteins. Furthe ...[more]