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Glycoconjugates are complex carbohydrates:

hetero-oligosaccharides or hetero-polysaccharides that contain multiple species of monosaccharides.

What are the 3 major classes of glycoconjugates?

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Glycoproteins

Proteoglycans

Glycosphingolipids

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How do you get from the Fischer projection of D-glucose to the Haworth closed projection? What is formed?

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React the 5’OH group with the 1’aldehyde carbonyl group

Forms: B-D-Glucopyranose or a-D-Glucopyranose

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Which form of D-glucose is more abundant?

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The cyclic closed forms (a- and B-D-glucopyranoses).

The open chain forms are toxic

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How do you convert the D-Glucopyranose sugar into L-idopyranose?

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Epimerize carbon 5 of D-glucose –> the carbon 5 H is up, and the carbon 6 (CH2OH) is down in both anomers.

  • a-L-Idopyranose: carbon 1-OH is up
  • B-L-Idopyranose: carbon 1-OH is down
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The a-anomeric configs of D- or L- sugars have the carbon 1 -OH group and the carbon 5 H in the __ direction

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For a, it’s the same

For B-configurations, they’re opposite

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Structure of D-glucose (Glc)

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This is the only one you should be able to draw; the others, just know by words

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C2 epimer of glucose

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C4 epimer of glucose

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N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)

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C2 hydroxyl gorup modified into an N-acetyl group

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D-glucuronic acid (GlcA)

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Converting the CH2OH at carbon 6 of D-glucose with a carboxylic acid (COOH) group

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L-iduronic acid (IdoA)

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Epimerization of carbon 5 of D-glucuronic acid

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N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)

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C4 epimer of N-acetylglucosamine

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Sialic acids / Acylated-neuraminic acids

What are they?

What enzyme cleaves them?

What infection is the enzyme associated with?

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Monosaccharides often attached to glycoconjugates

Cleaved from glycoconjugates by sialidase (or Neuraminidase), which are associated with the influenza virus infection

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Where does biosynthesis of glycosidic linkages between monosaccharides occur?

What are the requirements?

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ER & Golgi

  • Activated Nucleotide-Sugar donor
  • Sugar acceptor
  • Glycosyltransferase
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Biosynthesis of lactose in the mammary gland

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In the presence of a-lactalbumin (produced in mammary gland), glucose accepts B-galactosyltransferase and forms a glycosidic linkage with galactose –> lactose

In the absence of a-lactalbumin, N-acetylglucosamine accepts B-galactosyltransferase and forms N-acetyllactosamine

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N-acetyl glucosamine & glucose are…

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sugar acceptors.

Glucose is the one in mammary glands, where a-Lactalbumin is made

N-Acetylglucosamine is the normal acceptor in ordinary tissue

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Lactose intolerance

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Lactase (B-galactosidase) deficiency -> can’t break down lactose into glucose and galactose

Lactaid contains B-galactosidase

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Glycoproteins

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glycosylated proteins

may occur via an O-glycosidic linkage (glycosyltransferase sequentially adds sugars to Ser or Thr) or an N-glycosidic linkage (N-glycan changed added to an Asn)

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Processing of the N-glycan in the golgi

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Canbe processed to either high mannose (neutral) or complex (acidic, containing sialic acid)

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type 1 congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG)

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Type 2

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  • Type 1 CDG disrupts the normal synthesis of the N-linked oligosaccharide precursor or its transfer to proteins
  • Type 2 CDG disrupts the processing of the protein-bound oligosaccharide chain
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Glycation (nonenzymatic addition of carbs) of HbA creates ___.

The most common and stbale form is ____

Glycation occurs proportionate to the ____

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Glycation of HbA –> HbA1

HbA1C is the most stable

Glycation occurs proportionate tot he mean plasma blood [glucose]

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Clinical relevance of HbA1C

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  • Reflects the average blood [glucose] over a period of 2 months (the half-life of an RBC).
  • Demonstrates long-term blood [glucose] maintenance
    • At normal blood glucose (100mg/dL), HbA1C should be in only 5% of total adult hemoglobin
    • Diabetics have > 6.5% of HbA in the HbaA1C form
    • Unaffected by day-to-day diabetic compliance or fluctuations in blood glucose levels.
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Influenza A / Swine flu subtypes

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Subtypes are based upon antigen H/Hemagglutinin (18 subtypes) and antigen N/Neuraminidase (11 subtypes), which are virally encoded envelope proteins

Ex) H1N1

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Hemagglutinin/antigen H

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A lectin (carbohydrate-binding protein) that specifically binds sialic acid in the membrane of a host cell (respiratory endothelial cells).

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Antigen N/ Neuraminidase
Also in the viral envelope, it **cleaves sialic acid (N-Acetylneuraminic acid)** from the host cell surface
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Interaction of viral hemagglutinin and neuraminidase
1. **Hemagglutinin** on the viral envelope interacts with **sialic acid** on the respiratory endothelial cell's surface --\> **entry** of virus into the cell 2. Virus **replicates** inside 3. Once a new viral particle is released, the **hemagglutinin on the viral surface can attach to the host cell membrane** 4. **Neuraminidase cleaves the sialic acid from the host cell surface,** allowing the virus to **spread to and infect, new hosts**
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**Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)** & **Zanamivir (Relenza)**
neuraminidase inhibitors --\> prevents the release of new viral particles from the surface of infected cells --\> prevents infection spread
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**Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) / Mucopolysaccharides**
Linear heteropolysaccharides composed of a repeating disaccharide unit: [acidic sugar-amino sugar]n Usually linked to a core protein to form a **proteoglycan**, except in hyaluronic acid.
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5 divisions of glycosaminoglycans
Hyaluronic acid (HA/hyaluronan) Chondroitin sulfate (CS) Dermatan sulfate (DS) Keratan sulfate (KS) Heparin & Heparan sulfate (HS)
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Proteoglycans - what are they and where are they found?
Core protein + GAGs in the extracellular matrix
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Aggrecan
A chondroitin-sulfate proteoglycan. * Core protein + ~100 CS + ~30-50 KS * Can be attached to hyaluronic acid/hyaluronan to form an **aggregate**
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Aggregate
**Aggrecan attached to hyaluronic acid** * Extremely hydrophilic & gel-like for the ECM
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Mucopolysaccharidosies (MPSs)
lysosomal storage diseases caused by deficiency of enzymes for GAG degradation (DS, HS, and KS) Coarse facial features, hepatosplenomegaly, bone deformity, intellectual disability
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Scheie syndrome
Milder form of Hurler's syndrome
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Name the repeating disaccharide found in DS, HS, and KS
**DS**: L-IdoA 2-sulfate linked to GalNAc 4-sulfate **HS**: L-IdoA 2-sulfate linked to GlcN 2-sulfate **KS**: Gal 6-sulfate linked to GlcNAc 6-sulfate
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Hunter & Hurler syndromes are associated with \_\_\_ What enzyme deficiency is associatd with each?
defects in the degradation of DS & HS --\> buildup of modified forms of DS & HS in the lysosome * **Hunter's** lacks **idouronate sulfatase** (removes sulfate from 2-S-L-IdoA) in the first reaction * **Hurler's** lacks **L-uronidase** (removes Iduronic acid) for the second reaction
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**Elaprase** is a recombinant iduronate sulfatase. Which syndrome woud it help? **Aldurazyme** is a recombinant a-L-Iduronidase. Which syndrome would it help?
**Elaprase - Hunter** syndrome **Aldurazyme - Hurler's** synrdome \*Note: neither can treat the neurological symptoms of these syndromes
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Sanfillippo syndrome is associated with the degradation of \_\_\_
**GlcNS** which is formed after 2-S-LIduronic acid is cleaved off HS
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Name the deficiencies associated with Sanfilippo types A-C
Type **A** - **Heparan N-sulfatase** Type **C**- **Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase** Type **B**- **a-N-acetylglucosaminidase** The buildup products in all cases are **HS with modifications to the exposed GlcNS**
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Morquio syndrome & types
Can't degrade KS ## Footnote **Type A**: deficiency in **galactose 6-sulfatase** **Type B**: deficiency in **B-galactosidase**
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Vimizim
**N-Acetyl galactosamine 6-sulfatase**, which uses Galactose 6-sulfate as a substrate (like galactose 6-sulfatase would) Enzyme replacement therapy for Morquio A
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Morquio type B is a B-Galactosidase deficiency. What other lysosomal disorder shares this enzyme defect?
GM 1 gangliosidosis
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Gram positive bacteria have a thicker
layer of **peptidoglycan** in their cell well than gram-negative.
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Describe the structure of a peptidoglycan strand
Repeating disaccharide unit of **N-acetylmuramic acid** **(Mur2Ac)** and **N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)** * **Tetrapeptide chain** attached to Mur2NAc composed of.. * **L-alanine** * **D-glutamine** * **L-lysine** * **5 Glycines** attached to L-lysine * **D-alanine**
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Describe the peptidoglycan network of the bacterial cell wall
**Transpeptidase** crosslinks the **pentaglycine** of one strand with a neighboring strand's **D-alanine**
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Penicillin and Cephalosporins
**B-Lactam antibiotics** that inhibit transpeptidase --\> weakened bacterial cell wall Resistant bacteria produce **B-lactamase** to degrade the antibiotic.
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Structure of **glycosphingolipids (GSLs)**
**Hydrophilic sugar chain** linked to a **hydrophobic ceramide​** ## Footnote **Ceramide: sphingosine** backbone acylated to an **FA**
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Functions of glycosphingolipids (GSLs)
* Major constituent of membranes * Signaling molecule for differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis * Water permeability in skin
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Cerebrosides vs Gangliosides
**Cerebrosides**: neutral GSLs **Gangliosides**: acidic GSLs that contain sialic acid
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Name the **two main neutral GSLs that contain only one sugar residue**
**Galactosylceramide / Galacocerebroside** **Glucosylceramide / Glucocerebroside**
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**Lactosylceramide** is another neutral GSL. If you add a second galactose to it, what does it become?
Globotriaosylceramide (Gb3)
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Fabry disease
defect in Gb3 degradation
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How can you go from Gb3 to Gb4?
Add GalNAc to the terminal galactose
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What enzymes can turn Gb4 back to Gb3?
**B-Hexosaminidase A** or **B-Hexosaminidase B** can remove the terminal B-linked GalNAc
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Type O Tay-Sachs disease / Sandhoff
**Deficiency of both A & B forms of B-Hexosaminidase**, which turn Gb4 back to Gb3 --\> **buildup of Gb4**
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How do you go from Gb3 back to lactosylceramide?
**a-Galactosidase A** hydrolyzes the a-linked terminal Galactose to release Galactose and Lactosylceramide
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Fabry disease
Deficiency in **a-Galactosidase A**, --\> accumulation of Gb3 * X-linked; fatal from renal & cardiac failure * Hemizygous males may have skin lesions, fever, burning pain in the extremities, and renal dysfunction
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recombinant a-galactosidase A is used for what?
Also called "fabrazyme" because it can slow the progression of Fabry's
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Gaucher disease
* **Deficiency of Glucocerebrosidase/B-Glucosidase** to hydrolyze glucosylceramide into glucose + ceramide. * --\> buildup of glucosylceramide in tissue macrophages --\> engorged Gaucher cells * Type1: adult, nonneuropathic * type2: acute, neuropathic * type3: subacute, neuropathic * Treatment: **cerezyme**, a recombinant B-glucosidase
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**Krabbe disease** **/ Globoid cell leukodystrophy**
* Defect in **Galactocerebrosidase** (**GALC**, a B-galactosidase) to hydrolyze galactosylceramide * NO build up of galactosylceramide * Build up of **psychosine/galactosylsphingosine** in the brain (galactosylceramide without the acylated FA residue) * --\> Severe demyelination
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Why *doesn't* GalCer build up in Krabbe patients (lack galactocerebrosidase)?
GALC degrades both GalCer & Psychosine, so GALC deficiency causes elevation of psychosine --\> Psychosine buildup destroys oligodendroglia, which produce GalCer.
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If Morquio Type B is also due a defect in B-galactosidase, why is it separate from Krabbe?
* Two different enzymes from different two different loci: * B-Galactosidase deficiency in Morquio type B is encoded by **GBL1 gene** * Galactocerebrosidase (also a B-galactosidase) deficienciy in Krabbe is encoded by **GalC gene** * **​**In Morquio, the substrate is Keratan sulfate; In Krabbe, the substrate is Galactocerebroside. * Diff substrate specificities, diff active sites, diff buildup
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What is the sialic acid that all gangliosides contain?
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid (NeuAc)
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How are GM3, 2, and 1 formed?
**GM3:** *a-*link NeuAc to the terminal galactose of lactosylceramide **GM2**: *B*-link GalNAc to termianl galactose of GM3 **GM1**: *B*-link galactose to GalNAc of GM3
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which GM is the major ganglioside of the CNS and is a receptor for cholera toxin?
GM1
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How to go from GM1 to GM2?
**B-Galactosidase** hydrolyzes the terminal B-linked galactose, releasing GM2 & Galactose
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GM1 gangliosidosis / Generalized gangliosidosis
Deficiency of B-Galactosidase --\> accumulation of GM1 in lysosome Because this disease state is due a mutation in the same gene as that for Morquio type B (GLB1) they're pretty much the same disease
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Defect in B-galactosidase results in the buildup of both __ and \_\_\_
KS & GM1 because Morquio type B and GM1 gangliosidosis have a mutation in the same gene (GLB1)
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How do you go from GM2 to GM3? What's the disease associated with the inability to do this?
**B-Hexosaminidase A i**n the presence of a **GM2-activator** removes the terminal GalNAc, generating GM3 **Classical Tay-Sachs;** causes GM2 buildup
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Classical Tay-Sachs
**Hex A deficiency** ## Footnote Hex A & B can cleave both B-linked GlcNAc and B-linked GalNAc, but **only Hex A can hydrolyze the terminal GalNAc in GM2.**
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Hex __ : heterodimer of *aB*; requires GM2 activator cofactor Hex \_\_: homodimer of *BB*; can't cleave Gal NAc in GM2
HexA (*aB*) can cleave GalNAc in GM2 HexB (*BB*)
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3 variants of Tay-Sachs
* **Classical Tay-Sachs / variant B / GM2-gangliosidosis**: * mutation in *a* chain --\> defective Hex A * --\> can't digest GM2 * **Tay-Sachs variant O / Sandhoff**: * mutation in B chain --\> defective Hex A & B * --\> can't digest Gb4 and GM2; can't digest GalNAc * More severe * **Tay-Sachs variant AB**: * mutation in gene for GM2-activator * GalNAc in GM2 can't be hydrolyzed by Hex A
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The H-antigen is expressed in what blood group on RBCs? What makes it an H antigen?
Blood group **O** It has **L-fucose linked N-Acetyllactosamine**
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What makes an group A-antigen, and thus blood group A?
GalNAc attached to H antigen GalNAc is the temrinal sugar
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What makes a B-antigen, and thus blood group B?
**Galactose** attached to the H-antigen
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Blood type A
RBCs either have * only A-antigens (homozygous A/A) * both A- and H-antigens (heterozygous A/H)
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Blood group B
RBCs either have only B-antigens (homozygous B/B) both B- and H-antigens (heterozygous B/H)
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Ex) Individuals with blood group B (B/B or B/H) possess the B antigen and have antibodies against
antibodies against antigen A (anti-A)
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Group AB individuals can accept ___ and have antibodies against\_\_
Acccepts transfusiosn from all blood types because they don't have anti-A or anti-B antibodies. Universal recipient.
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Bombay (h/h) blood group
* Can't add L-Fucose to create teh H-antigen, so they also can' tmake type A or type B antigens. * They generate antibodies against all 3 major antigens: A, B, and H. * They can't receive ANY blood unless its h/h

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