Recognition of synthetic O-methyl, epimeric, and amino analogues of the acceptor α-L-Fuc p-(1->2)-β-D-Gal p-OR by the blood-group A and B gene-specified glycosyltransferases

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0008-6215(94)84275-2

The disaccharide α-L-Fuc p-(1 -> 2)-β-D-Gal p-O-(CH2)7CH3 (6) is an acceptor for the glycosyltrans ferases responsible for the biosynthesis of the A and B blood-group antigens.These enzymes respectively transfer GalNAc and Gal in an α linkage to OH-3 of t