Biology:N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase
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Short description: Class of enzymes
| N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase | |||||||||
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| EC number | 2.4.1.47 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 37277-56-8 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| 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 N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.47) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- UDP-galactose + N-acylsphingosine [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP + D-galactosylceramide
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-galactose and N-acylsphingosine, whereas its two products are UDP and D-galactosylceramide.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-galactose:N-acylsphingosine D-galactosyltransferase. Other names in common use include UDP galactose-N-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase, and uridine diphosphogalactose-acylsphingosine galactosyltransferase. This enzyme participates in sphingolipid metabolism.
References
- "Enzymic synthesis of cerebroside from ceramide and uridine diphosphate galactose". Biochem. J. 113 (3): 573–5. 1969. PMID 5807218.
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