Biology:Lipopolysaccharide N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
| lipopolysaccharide N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase | |||||||||
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| EC number | 2.4.1.56 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 37277-64-8 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a lipopolysaccharide N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.56) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + lipopolysaccharide [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP + N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyllipopolysaccharide
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and lipopolysaccharide, whereas its two products are UDP and N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyllipopolysaccharide.
This enzyme participates in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and glycan structures - biosynthesis 2.
Nomenclature
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:lipopolysaccharide N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase. Other names in common use include UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-lipopolysaccharide, N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine-lipopolysaccharide, and acetylglucosaminyltransferase.
References
- "Enzymatic incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine into cell wall lipopolysaccharide in a mutant strain of Salmonella typhimurium". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 16 (6): 568–75. August 1964. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(64)90194-9. PMID 5332855.
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