title: Diversity and functions of glycosaminoglycan sulfotransferases.
abstract: Sulfate residues attached to the specific position of the component sugar residues of glycosaminoglycans play important roles in the formation of functional domain structures. The introduction of a sulfate group is catalyzed by various sulfotransferases with strict substrate specificities. A rapid development achieved in the cloning of various glycosaminoglycan sulfotransferases has allowed us to study the biological functions of glycosaminoglycan sulfotransferases and their products, sulfated glycosaminoglycans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Aichi University of Education, Kariya, Aichi, Japan. ohabuchi@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Habuchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015238:Sulfotransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015238:Sulfotransferases; C019893:chondroitin 4-sulfotransferase