Biology:Globotriosylceramide b-1,6-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase

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Globotriosylceramide beta-1,6-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase
Identifiers
EC number2.4.1.154
CAS number62213-46-1
Databases
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Globotriosylceramide beta-1,6-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase (EC 2.4.1.79, globoside N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylgalactosamine-glycosphingolipid acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, glycosphingolipid beta-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, GalNAc transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-globotriosylceramide beta-1,6-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine + globotriosylceramide [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP + globotetraosylceramide

The product has a terminal beta-N-acetylgalactosamine residue.

References

  1. "Characterization of a glycosphingolipid beta-N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase activity in cultured hamster (nil) cells". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism 712 (2): 234–41. August 1982. doi:10.1016/0005-2760(82)90339-3. PMID 6812637. 

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