IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.4.1.290

Accepted name: N,N'-diacetylbacillosaminyl-diphospho-undecaprenol α-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase

Reaction: UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-galactosamine + N,N'-diacetyl-α-D-bacillosaminyl-diphospho-tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenol = UDP + N-acetyl-D-galactosaminyl-α-(1→3)-N,N'-diacetyl-α-D-bacillosaminyl-diphospho-tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenol

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Glossary: N,N'-diacetyl-D-bacillosamine = 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-D-glucopyranose

Other name(s): PglA

Systematic name: UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-galactosamine:N,N'-diacetyl-α-D-bacillosaminyl-diphospho-tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenol 3-α-N-acetyl-D-galactosaminyltransferase

Comments: Isolated from Campylobacter jejuni. Part of a bacterial N-linked glycosylation pathway.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Glover, K.J., Weerapana, E. and Imperiali, B. In vitro assembly of the undecaprenylpyrophosphate-linked heptasaccharide for prokaryotic N-linked glycosylation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102 (2005) 14255-14259. [PMID: 16186480]

[EC 2.4.1.290 created 2012]


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