Patent ID: 6455289
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12P

Abstract:
An isolated polypeptide having an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID No. 2 or an enzymatically active fragment thereof wherein the polypeptide has an enzymatic activity to transfer a sulfate group from a sulfate group donor to a hydroxyl group at position 6 of an N-acetylglucosamine residue located at a non-reducing end of an oligosaccharide represented by formula I:GlcNAc&bgr;1-3Gal&bgr;1-4GlcNAcâ€ƒâ€ƒ(I) wherein GlcNAc represents an N-acetylglucosamine residue, Gal represents a galactose residue, &bgr;1-3 represents a &bgr;1-3 glycosidic linkage, and &bgr;1-4 represents a &bgr;1-4 glycosidic linkage.