Patents Assigned to The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkanas
  • Antibody directed against purified ? 1,2-xylosyltransferase
    Patent number: 7060796
    Abstract: The present invention provides a purified, homogeneous plant enzyme that adds a ?-1,2-linked xylose to the ?-linked mannose on the N-linked oligosaccharides of storage glycoproteins. This ?1,2-xylosyltransferase was purified from the microsomal fraction of soybean cells approximately 51,000-fold. Also provided is an antibody recognizing this ?1,2-xylosyltransferase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkanas
    Inventors: Alan D. Elbein, Gary A. Bannon