Studies on the Biosynthesis of the Hydroxylysine-linked Disaccharide Unit of Basement Membranes and Collagens

Abstract

in rat kidney cortex which functions to attach the outer sugar, glucose, to hydroxylysine-linked galactose to form the completed disaccharide.In subsequent papers the properties of the galactosyltransferase involved in the synthesis of the galactosylhydroxylysine glycopeptide bond will be described (9), as will the tissue distribution, subcellular localization, and physiological variation of both enzymes (10).