BLOOD-GROUP ANTIGENS ON HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES - DISTRIBUTION, STRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS

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作者
KING, MJ
机构
[1] International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, Bristol, BS10 5ND, Southmead Road
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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-REVIEWS ON BIOMEMBRANES | 1994年 / 1197卷 / 01期
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10.1016/0304-4157(94)90017-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Human erythrocyte blood group antigens can be broadly divided into carbohydrates and proteins. The carbohydrate-dependent antigens (e.g., ABH, Lewis, Ii, P-1, P-related, T and Tn) are covalently attached to proteins and/or sphingolipids, which are also widely distributed in body fluids, normal tissues and tumors. Blood group gene-specific glycosyltransferases regulate the syntheses of these antigens. Protein-dependent blood group antigens (e.g., MNSs, Gerbich, Rh, Kell, Duffy and Cromer-related) are carried on proteins, glycoproteins and proteins with glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. The functions of these molecules on Antigen human erythrocytes remain unknown; some of them A, B, H may be involved in maintaining the erythrocyte shape. This review describes the distribution, structures and probable biological functions of some of these antigens in normal and pathological conditions.
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