polysialyltransferase
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polysialyltransferase (plural polysialyltransferases)
- (biochemistry) Any transferase that promotes polysialylation
- 2015 September 30, “Association between ST8SIA2 and the Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder across Diagnostic Boundaries”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Considering gene function, ST8SIA2 could be related to the putative pathological mechanism of both schizophrenia and BD. Animal studies have shown that the amount of polySia synthesized by polysialyltransferase encoded by ST8SIA2 is crucial during brain development [42, 43 ].