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Ron Kopito

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  • A 115-kD polypeptide immunologically related to erythrocyte band 3 is present in Golgi membranes.

    Kellokumpu S, Neff L, Jämsä-Kellokumpu S, Kopito R, Baron R. Science. 1988; 242 (4883): 1308-11

    Band 3 multigene family consists of several distinct but structurally related polypeptides which are probably involved in the transport of anions across the plasma membrane of both erythrocytes and nonerythroid cells. A novel member of this family of polypeptides that resides in the Golgi complex was identified with antibodies to Band 3. The Golgi antigen had a larger molecular size and was antigenically distinct from Band 3 in the amino-terminal domain. It was expressed most prominently in cells that secrete large amounts of sulfated proteins and proteoglycans. This polypeptide may participate in sulfate transport across Golgi membranes.

    PubMedID: 2461589

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