- A tetrasaccharide linker sequence is required for GAG synthesis, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
A tetrasaccharide linker sequence is required for GAG synthesis, organism-specific biosystemThe biosynthesis of dermatan sulfate/chondroitin sulfate and heparin/heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) starts with the formation of a tetrasaccharide linker sequence to the core protein. The ...
- Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), organism-specific biosystem (from KEGG)
Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), organism-specific biosystemCell adhesion molecules are (glyco)proteins expressed on the cell surface and play a critical role in a wide array of biologic processes that include hemostasis, the immune response, inflammation, em...
- Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), conserved biosystem (from KEGG)
Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), conserved biosystemCell adhesion molecules are (glyco)proteins expressed on the cell surface and play a critical role in a wide array of biologic processes that include hemostasis, the immune response, inflammation, em...
- Chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate metabolism, organism-specific biosystemChondroitin sulfate (CS) is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG). CS chains are unbranched polysaccharides of varying length containing two alternating monosaccharides: D-glucuronic acid (GlcA) and N-a...
- Disease, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Disease, organism-specific biosystemBiological processes are captured in Reactome by identifying the molecules (DNA, RNA, protein, small molecules) involved in them and describing the details of their interactions. From this molecular ...
- Diseases associated with visual transduction, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Diseases associated with visual transduction, organism-specific biosystemThe process of vision involves two stages; the retinoid cycle which supplies and regenerates the visual chromophore required for vision and phototransduction which propagates the light signal. Defect...
- Glycosaminoglycan metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Glycosaminoglycan metabolism, organism-specific biosystemGlycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are long, unbranched polysaccharides containing a repeating disaccharide unit composed of a hexosamine (either N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) or N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)...
- HS-GAG biosynthesis, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
HS-GAG biosynthesis, organism-specific biosystemHeparan sulfate (HS) and heparin (sometimes collectively called HS-GAG) consist of the disaccharide unit GlcNAc-GlcA (N-acetylglucosamine-glucuronic acid) connected by a beta1,4 linkage. Heparin is e...
- HS-GAG degradation, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
HS-GAG degradation, organism-specific biosystemLysosomal degradation of glycoproteins is part of the cellular homeostasis of glycosylation (Winchester 2005). The steps outlined below describe the degradation of heparan sulfate/heparin. Complete d...
- Heparan sulfate/heparin (HS-GAG) metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Heparan sulfate/heparin (HS-GAG) metabolism, organism-specific biosystemThe acronym HS-GAG is used to describe both heparin and heparan sulfate. HS-GAG is a member of the glycosaminoglycan family and consists of a variably sulfated repeating disaccharide unit, the most ...
- MPS I - Hurler syndrome, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS I - Hurler syndrome, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I, Hurler syndrome, Hurler's disease, gargoylism, Scheie, Hirler-Scheie syndrome; MIM:607014, 607015 and 607016) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder where th...
- MPS II - Hunter syndrome, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS II - Hunter syndrome, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II, Hunter syndrome, MIM:309900) is an X-linked, recessive genetic disorder which therefore primarily affects males. MPS II was first described in 1917, by Major Charles...
- MPS IIIA - Sanfilippo syndrome A, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IIIA - Sanfilippo syndrome A, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis III (MPS III, Sanfilippo syndrome) was described in 1963 by a pediatrician named Sylvester Sanfilippo (J. Pediat. 63: 837-838, 1963, no reference). Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA (M...
- MPS IIIB - Sanfilippo syndrome B, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IIIB - Sanfilippo syndrome B, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis III (Sanfilippo syndrome) was described in 1963 by a pediatrician named Sylvester Sanfilippo (J. Pediat. 63: 837838, 1963, no reference). MPS IIIB (Mucopolysaccharidosis type II...
- MPS IIIC - Sanfilippo syndrome C, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IIIC - Sanfilippo syndrome C, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis III (Sanfilippo syndrome) was described in 1963 by a pediatrician named Sylvester Sanfilippo (J. Pediat. 63: 837838, 1963, no reference). Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC (MPS II...
- MPS IIID - Sanfilippo syndrome D, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IIID - Sanfilippo syndrome D, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis III (Sanfilippo syndrome) was described in 1963 by a pediatrician named Sylvester Sanfilippo (J. Pediat. 63: 837-838, 1963, no reference). Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIID (MPS I...
- MPS IV - Morquio syndrome A, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IV - Morquio syndrome A, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis IV A (MPS IVA, MPS4A, Morquio's syndrome, Morquio's; MIM:253000) is a rare, autosomal recessive mucopolysaccharide storage disease, first described simultaneously in 1929 by L M...
- MPS IV - Morquio syndrome B, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IV - Morquio syndrome B, organism-specific biosystemDefects in beta-galactosidase (GLB1; MIM:611458) can result in GM1 gangliosidosis (GM1; MIM:230500) (Nishimoto et al. 1991) (not described here), with several phenotypes indicating mental deteriorati...
- MPS IX - Natowicz syndrome, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS IX - Natowicz syndrome, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis type IX (MPS IX, Natowicz syndrome, Hyaluronidase deficiency, MIM:601492) is a rare lysosomal storage disease characterized by high hyaluronan (HA) concentration in the serum re...
- MPS VI - Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS VI - Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI, Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, polydystrophic dwarfism; MIM:253200) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency in arylsulfatase B (AR...
- MPS VII - Sly syndrome, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
MPS VII - Sly syndrome, organism-specific biosystemMucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII, Sly syndrome, beta-glucuronidase deficiency; MIM:253220) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme beta-...
- Metabolism, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Metabolism, organism-specific biosystemMetabolic processes in human cells generate energy through the oxidation of molecules consumed in the diet and mediate the synthesis of diverse essential molecules not taken in the diet as well as th...
- Metabolism of carbohydrates, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Metabolism of carbohydrates, organism-specific biosystemThese pathways together are responsible for: 1) the extraction of energy and carbon skeletons for biosyntheses from dietary sugars and related molecules; 2) the short-term storage of glucose in the b...
- Mucopolysaccharidoses, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Mucopolysaccharidoses, organism-specific biosystemThe mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of rare, inherited lysosomal storage disorders caused by deficiencies of enzymes catalyzing the stepwise degradation of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs, originall...
- Proteogylcan syndecan-mediated signaling events, organism-specific biosystem (from Pathway Interaction Database)
Proteogylcan syndecan-mediated signaling events, organism-specific biosystem
Proteogylcan syndecan-mediated signaling events
- Retinoid metabolism and transport, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Retinoid metabolism and transport, organism-specific biosystemVitamin A (all-trans-retinol) must be taken up, either as carotenes from plants, or as retinyl esters from animal food. The most prominent carotenes are alpha-carotene, lycopene, lutein, beta-cryptox...
- Signal Transduction, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Signal Transduction, organism-specific biosystemSignal transduction is a process in which extracellular signals elicit changes in cell state and activity. Transmembrane receptors sense changes in the cellular environment by binding ligands, such a...
- Syndecan-3-mediated signaling events, organism-specific biosystem (from Pathway Interaction Database)
Syndecan-3-mediated signaling events, organism-specific biosystem
Syndecan-3-mediated signaling events
- Visual phototransduction, organism-specific biosystem (from REACTOME)
Visual phototransduction, organism-specific biosystemVisual phototransduction is the process by which photon absorption by visual pigment molecules in photoreceptor cells is converted to an electrical cellular response. The events in this process are p...