NXPE1 alters the sialoglycome by acetylating sialic acids in the human colon
Bum Seok Lee, Ashley L. Cook, Surojit Sur, Laura Dobbyn, Maria Popoli, Sana Khalili, Shibin Zhou, Chetan Bettegowda, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Kathy Gabrielson, Phillip Buckhaults, Bert Vogelstein, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Nicolas Wyhs
The paper identifies NXPE1 as a gene responsible for sialic acid O-acetylation in the human colon, linking it to mPAS staining differences through genetic and functional analyses.
Nature Communications · May 27, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine