Amino-acid sequence and oligosaccharide attachment sites of human erythrocyte glycophorin.
Tomita M, Marchesi V. Amino-acid sequence and oligosaccharide attachment sites of human erythrocyte glycophorin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1975, 72: 2964-2968. PMID: 1059087, PMCID: PMC432899, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.8.2964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid sequenceAmino acidsThreonine/serine residuesComplete amino acid sequenceClustering of residuesHydrophilic amino acidsMembrane proteinsSerine residuesTransmembrane orientationOligosaccharide attachment sitesNH2 terminusHuman erythrocyte glycophorinNonpolar residuesEdman degradation techniqueOligosaccharide chainsMajor sialoglycoproteinAttachment sitesHuman erythrocyte membranesResiduesMore complex unitsGlycophorinTerminal segmentGlycosidic bondSequenceUnique structure