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. 1983 Jan 1;209(1):261–262. doi: 10.1042/bj2090261

Carbohydrate is linked through ethanolamine to the C-terminal amino acid of Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein.

A A Holder
PMCID: PMC1154081  PMID: 6847613

Abstract

The C-terminal amino acid of the variant surface glycoprotein from Trypanosoma brucei is glycosylated. For two variant proteins that terminate in an aspartic acid and a serine residue respectively, it was shown that the sugar side chain is linked through ethanolamine to the alpha-carboxy group of the amino acid.

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