keratosulphaten.
/kɛrətəʊˈsʌlfeɪt/ Biochemistry.
A mucopolysaccharide composed of galactose and sulphated acetylglucosamine units which is found in the cornea and in costal cartilage.
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1953 K. Meyer et al. in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 205 611 A polymer composed of N-acetylglucosamine, galactose, and sulfate in equimolar portions.., a novel type of sulfated mucopolysaccharide, we propose to name keratosulfate.
1960 G. K. Smelser in Duke-Elder & Perkins Transparency of Cornea 33 Loss of metachromatic staining, following digestion of the sections with testicular hyaluronidase, suggests that keratosulphate appears late in development.
1972 Jrnl. Pediatrics 81 108/2 Keratosulfate was clearly visible on the chromatograms [of the urine] of three patients with Morquio's disease, whereas none of the normal subjects or patients with other mucopolysaccharidoses tested had any visible keratosulfate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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