NOVEL GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE, NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DETECTING CANCER TISSUE USING THE NCULEIC ACID

摘要

It is intended to provide a novel glycosyltransferase, a nucleic acid encoding the same and a novel method of examining canceration of a tissue. The novel glycosyltransferase is 1,3-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine glycosyltransferase characterized by containing a polypeptide which has an amino acid sequence consisting of the 56- to 402-amino acids in SEQ ID NO:2 or an amino acid sequence derived from the above-described amino acid sequence by substitution, deletion or insertion of one or several amino acids and having an activity of transferring an N-acetyl-D-glucosamine group from an N-acetyl-D-glycosamine donor to an N-acetyl-D-glucosamine recipient.