Biology:N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

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N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.4.1.141
CAS number75536-54-8
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N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.141, UDP-GlcNAc:dolichyl-pyrophosphoryl-GlcNAc GlcNAc transferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine-dolichylacetylglucosamine pyrophosphate acetylglucosaminyltransferase, N,N'-diacetylchitobiosylpyrophosphoryldolichol synthase) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-diphosphodolichol N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine + N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-diphosphodolichol [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP + N,N'-diacetylchitobiosyl-diphosphodolichol

References

  1. "Solubilization and characterization of the initial enzymes of the dolichol pathway from yeast". European Journal of Biochemistry 126 (2): 319–25. August 1982. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb06781.x. PMID 6215245. 
  2. "Glucuronosyl-N-acetylglucosaminyl pyrophosphoryldolichol. Formation in SV40-transformed human lung fibroblasts and biosynthesis in rat lung microsomal preparations". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 252 (9): 2918–28. May 1977. PMID 192724. 

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