- Asialoglycoprotein
If terminal
sialic acid residues are removed fromglycoprotein s, the resulting proteins are known as asialoglycoproteins.These are
transmembrane protein s where the amino terminal iscytosol ic and the carboxyl terminal is exoplasmic.These proteins have a single internal hydrophobic signal-anchor sequence that serves both as the
endoplasmic reticulum signal peptide and amembrane-anchor sequence . The signal-anchor sequence is recognised by aSignal recognition particle (SRP) and is forced into the appropriate translocon to continue translation of the protein.External links
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