polysialyltransferase

noun

Any transferase that promotes polysialylation

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Meanings

nounpolysialyltransferase (plural polysialyltransferases)

plural polysialyltransferases

  1. biochemistryAny transferase that promotes polysialylation

    Considering gene function, ST8SIA2 could be related to the putative pathological mechanism of both schizophrenia and BD. Animal studies have shown that the amount of polySia synthesized by polysialyltransferase encoded by ST8SIA2 is crucial during brain development [42, 43 ].

    2015 September 30, “Association between ST8SIA2 and the Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder across Diagnostic Boundaries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From poly- + sialyltransferase.

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