title: Identification of sialic acids in cell adhesion molecule, contact site A from Dictyostelium discoideum.
abstract: It has been believed that Dictyostelium discoideum cell membranes contain no sialic acid. In this study, however, we found that contact site A, the cell adhesion molecule of D. discoideum, is a major glycoprotein containing sialic acids. This suggests that sialic acid in non-reducing terminal plays an important role in the cell adhesion in which contact site A is involved.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Food Science, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ouchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001665:Binding Sites; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000737:chemistry*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D037102:Lectins; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D037102:Lectins; D012794:Sialic Acids