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Sialyltransferase activity has been determined in Golgi membrane fractions isolated from atherosclerotic and normal intima of human aorta by measuring the transfer of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) from CMP-NeuAc to asialofetuin. The asialofetuin-sialyltransferase activity was found to be twofold higher in the atherosclerotic intima than in the normal intima. The mean value of the apparent Michaelis constant (K m) for the sialylating enzyme in both tissues did not differ and was 57 μM. In contrast, the maximal velocity (V max) was 2-fold higher for the atherosclerotic intima than for the normal intima. These results suggest that expression of asialofetuin-sialyltransferases of the aortal intima may be increased in atherosclerosis.
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Gracheva, E.V., Samovilova, N.N., Golovanova, N.K. et al. Sialyltransferase Activity in Normal and Atherosclerotic Human Aorta Intima. Biochemistry (Moscow) 66, 397–401 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010245328209
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