Chemical and structural characterization of α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase I and II from starfish, asterina amurensis

The marine invertebrate starfish was found to contain a novel α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, α-GalNAcase II, which catalyzes removal of terminal α-N-acetylgalactosamine (α-GalNAc), in addition to a typical α-N-a...

Source: BMC Biochemistry - May 25, 2017 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Md. Harun-Or Rashid, Golam Sadik, AHM Khurshid Alam and Toshihisa Tanaka Source Type: research