glycotransferase

English

Etymology

glyco- +‎ transferase

Noun

glycotransferase (plural glycotransferases)

1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a sugar moiety
   • 2015 October 22, “A Tendon Cell Specific RNAi Screen Reveals Novel Candidates Essential for Muscle Tendon Interaction”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     CG33303 is predicted to have the dolichyl-diphosphooligosachharide-protein glycotransferase activity based on its similarity with human Ribophorin I. As candidates from this class show differential effect on different tendon cell clusters i.e. dorsal-anterior and posterior tendon cell cluster it would be interesting to investigate their role in specifying these tendon cell clusters.