Abstract:
:Molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase exhibit tissue-specific distribution, and each form is anchored to the cell surface via a particular post-translational modification of the catalytic subunit. Nibaldo Inestrosa and Alejandra Perelman review evidence that heparan sulphate proteoglycans are the extracellular matrix receptors for the collagen-tailed enzyme, and that a glycolipid which contains phosphatidylinositol and a 20 kDa hydrophobic peptide participate in the anchoring of the hydrophobic globular forms of acetylcholinesterase to the cell surface.
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Trends Pharmacol Scijournal_title
Trends in pharmacological sciencesauthors
Inestrosa NC,Perelman Adoi
10.1016/0165-6147(89)90067-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-08-01 00:00:00pages
325-9issue
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0165-6147issn
1873-3735pii
0165-6147(89)90067-9journal_volume
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