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PgsA-745 is a Chinese hamster ovary cell mutant deficient in xylosyltransferase (UDP-D-xylose:serine-1,3-D-xylosyltransferase).
The cells have a defect in xylosyltransferase, the first sugar transfer in glycosaminoglycan synthesis, and do not produce glycosaminoglycans.
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