| EC |
2.4.1.74 |
| Accepted name: |
glycosaminoglycan galactosyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
UDP-α-D-galactose + glycosaminoglycan = UDP + D-galactosylglycosaminoglycan |
| Other name(s): |
uridine diphosphogalactose-mucopolysaccharide galactosyltransferase; UDP-galactose:glycosaminoglycan D-galactosyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
UDP-α-D-galactose:glycosaminoglycan D-galactosyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Involved in the biosynthesis of galactose-containing glycosaminoglycan of the ameboid protozoan Dictyostelium discoideum. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 51004-28-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Sussman, M. and Osborn, M.J. UDP-glucose polysaccharide transferase in the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum: appearance and dissappearance of activity during cell differentiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 52 (1964) 81–87. [PMID: 14192661] |
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| [EC 2.4.1.74 created 1972, modified 1980] |
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