A researcher is studying eukaryotic cells that shows an abnormal pattern of surface glycosylation. The researcher determines that these cells have normal levels of glycolipids and integral membrane proteins with O-linked glycosylation. The researcher discovers that there are no N-linked glycosylated proteins on the cell surface and unusually high levels of glycosylated in the ER membrane. What is a reasonable hypothesis to explain this observation?
A. The cell is defective in synthesizing of carbohydrates
B. The cell is defective in assembling carbohydrate trees
C. The cell has a defective oligosaccharide transferase
D. The cell has a defect in its protein sorting pathway
E. The cell has a defect in its ER localization signal
C. The cell has a defective oligosaccharide transferase
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