| EC |
2.4.1.205 |
| Accepted name: |
galactogen 6β-galactosyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
UDP-α-D-galactose + galactogen = UDP + (1→6)-β-D-galactosylgalactogen |
| Other name(s): |
uridine diphosphogalactose-galactogen galactosyltransferase; 1,6-D-galactosyltransferase; β-(1-6)-D-galactosyltransferase; UDP-galactose:galactogen β-1,6-D-galactosyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
UDP-α-D-galactose:galactogen 6-β-D-galactosyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Galactogen from Helix pomatia is the most effective acceptor. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 88273-54-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Goudsmit, E.M., Ketchum, P.A., Grossens, M.K. and Blake, D.A. Biosynthesis of galactogen: identification of a β-(1→6)-D-galactosyltransferase in Helix pomatia albumen glands. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 992 (1989) 289–297. [DOI] [PMID: 2505854] |
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