Biology:N-acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosylceramide b-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase

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N-acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosylceramide beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.4.1.165
CAS number109136-50-7
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N-acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosylceramide beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.165, is an enzyme[1][2][3] that catalyses the following chemical reaction:

UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine + N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->3)-alpha-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP + N-acetyl-D-galactosaminyl-(1->4)-beta-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->3)-alpha-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide

This enzyme requires Mn2+.

Nomenclature

This enzyme is also known as uridine diphosphoacetylgalactosamine-acetylneuraminyl(alpha2->3)galactosyl(beta1->4)glucosyl beta1->4-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase, UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine:N-acetylneuraminyl-2,3-alpha-D-galactosyl-1,4-beta-D-glucosylceramide beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase) with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine:N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->3)-alpha-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide 4-beta-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.

References

  1. "Biosynthesis of a globoside-type glycosphingolipid by a -N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase from embryonic chicken brain". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 248 (5): 1778–85. March 1973. PMID 4632917. 
  2. "Identification of a alpha-NeuAc-(2----3)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminyltransferase in human kidney". Carbohydrate Research 149 (1): 171–84. June 1986. doi:10.1016/S0008-6215(00)90376-8. PMID 2425965. 
  3. "Identification and characterization of UDP-GalNAc: NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc(NAc) beta 1-4(GalNAc to Gal)N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase in human blood plasma". Journal of Biochemistry 101 (1): 251–9. January 1987. PMID 3106337. 

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