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Preferred term

Hyaluronan Synthases  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Membrane-associated glucuronosyltransferases that catalyze the reaction of UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and UDP-D-glucuronate to produce HYALURONAN. HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 2 (HAS2) is essential for embryogenesis and its expression by tumor cells is associated with metastasis.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hyaluronan Synthase
  • Hyaluronan Synthetase
  • Hyaluronate Synthase
  • Hyaluronate Synthetase
  • Hyaluronic Acid Synthetase

In other languages

  • French

  • Acide hyaluronique synthétase
  • Hyaluronan synthase
  • Hyaluronan synthetase
  • Hyaluronane synthase
  • Hyaluronane synthases
  • Hyaluronane synthétase
  • Hyaluronate synthase
  • Hyaluronate synthetase
  • Hyaluronate synthétase
  • Hyaluronic acid synthetase

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N5SMMSFF-D

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