The histo-blood group ABO system transferase (ABO) is the basis of the ABO blood group system. A, B and AB individuals express glycosyltransferase activity that converts the H antigen to the A antigen (by addition of GalNAc), to the B antigen (by addition of Gal) or to the AB antigen (by the addition of both GalNAc and Gal). O group individuals lack such activity. Differences in four critical amino acids (176, 235, 266 and 268) alter the specificity from an A to a B glycosyltransferase (Yamamoto et al. 1990, Yamamoto & McNeill 1996, Seto et al. 1999, Alfaro et al. 2008). The histo-blood group B transferase (ABO-B) utilises UDP-Gal to transfer galactose (Gal) to the H antigen formed via Type 2 chains to form the B antigen (Patenaude et al. 2002, Persson et al. 2007).
Marken, J, White, T, Yamamoto, F, Hakomori, S, Clausen, H
Seto, NO, Bai, Y, Borisova, SN, Persson, M, Alfaro, JA, Evans, SV, Polakowski, R, Letts, JA, Zheng, RB, Palcic, MM, Lowary, TL
Marcus, SL, Seto, NO, Borisova, SN, Evans, SV, Patenaude, SI, Szpacenko, A, Palcic, MM
Yamamoto, F, McNeill, PD
Evans, SV, Bundle, DR, Palcic, MM, Compston, CA, Seto, NO, Narang, SA
Hosseini-Maaf, B, Borisova, SN, Persson, M, Olsson, ML, Evans, SV, Letts, JA, Palcic, MM
fucosylgalactoside 3-alpha-galactosyltransferase activity of ABO-B:Mn2+ [Golgi membrane]
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