Entry
Name
glycosaminoglycan galactosyltransferase;
uridine diphosphogalactose-mucopolysaccharide galactosyltransferase;
UDP-galactose:glycosaminoglycan D-galactosyltransferase
Class
Transferases;
Glycosyltransferases;
Hexosyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
UDP-alpha-D-galactose:glycosaminoglycan D-galactosyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
UDP-alpha-D-galactose + glycosaminoglycan = UDP + D-galactosylglycosaminoglycan [RN:
R03981 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
UDP-alpha-D-galactose [CPD:
C00052 ];
glycosaminoglycan [CPD:
C02545 ]
Product
UDP [CPD:
C00015 ];
D-galactosylglycosaminoglycan [CPD:
C03942 ]
Comment
Involved in the biosynthesis of galactose-containing glycosaminoglycan of the ameboid protozoan Dictyostelium discoideum.
History
EC 2.4.1.74 created 1972, modified 1980
Reference
Authors
SUSSMAN M, OSBORN MJ
Title
UDP-GALACTOSE POLYSACCHARIDE TRANSFERASE IN THE CELLULAR SLIME MOLD, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM: APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ACTIVITY DURING CELL DIFFERENTIATION.
Journal
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 2.4.1.74
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.4.1.74