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ID:2.4.1.92
Description:N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
Alternative Name: Uridine diphosphoacetylgalactosamine-hematoside
Uridine diphosphoacetylgalactosamine-ganglioside GM3
acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosylceramide
Uridine diphosphoacetylgalactosamine-
UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine GM3 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
glucosylceramide acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
UDP acetylgalactosamine-(N-acetylneuraminyl)-D-galactosyl-D-
GM2/GD2-synthase.
GM2 synthase.
Ganglioside GM3 acetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
Ganglioside GM2 synthase.
GalNAc-T.
Beta-1,4N-aetylgalactosaminyltransferase.
Asialo-GM2 synthase.

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UniProtKB Enzyme Link: UniProtKB 2.4.1.92
BRENDA Enzyme Link: BRENDA 2.4.1.92
KEGG Enzyme Link: KEGG2.4.1.92
BioCyc Enzyme Link: BioCyc 2.4.1.92
ExPASy Enzyme Link: ExPASy2.4.1.92
EC2PDB Enzyme Link: EC2PDB 2.4.1.92
ExplorEnz Enzyme Link: ExplorEnz 2.4.1.92
PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles Link: PRIAM 2.4.1.92
IntEnz Enzyme Link: IntEnz 2.4.1.92
MEDLINE Enzyme Link: MEDLINE 2.4.1.92
MSA:

2.4.1.92;

Phylogenetic Tree:

2.4.1.92;

Uniprot:
M-CSA:
RHEA:12588 ganglioside GM3 (d18:1(4E)) + UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine = ganglioside GM2 (d18:1(4E)) + H(+) + UDP
RULE(radius=1) [*:1]-[O;H0;+0:2]-[CH;+0:3](-[*:4])-[*:5].[*:6]-[OH;+0:7]>>[*:6]-[O;H0;+0:7]-[CH;+0:3](-[*:4])-[*:5].[*:1]-[OH;+0:2]
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References

TitleAuthorsDatePubMed ID
Purification and characterization of UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine GM3/GD3 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase from mouse liver.Hashimoto Y, Sekine M, Iwasaki K, Suzuki A1993 Dec 58245020
beta 1-4N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase can synthesize both asialoglycosphingolipid GM2 and glycosphingolipid GM2 in vitro and in vivo: isolation and characterization of a beta 1-4N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase cDNA clone from rat ascites hepatoma cell line AH7974F.Hidari JK, Ichikawa S, Furukawa K, Yamasaki M, Hirabayashi Y1994 Nov 17980468
The enzymic synthesis of ganglioside. IV. UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine: (N-acetylneuraminyl)-galactosylglucosyl ceramide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase in rat brain.Dicesare JL, Dain JA1971 Mar 165554906
Both GA2, GM2, and GD2 synthases and GM1b, GD1a, and GT1b synthases are single enzymes in Golgi vesicles from rat liver.Pohlentz G, Klein D, Schwarzmann G, Schmitz D, Sandhoff K1988 Oct3140234
Biosynthesis of monosulfogangliotriaosylceramide and GM2 by N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase from rat brain.Nagai K, Ishizuka I1987 May3115968
Role of a single amino acid in the evolution of glycans of invertebrates and vertebrates.Ramakrishnan B, Qasba PK2007 Jan 1917084860
Interruption of ganglioside synthesis produces central nervous system degeneration and altered axon-glial interactions.Yamashita T, Wu YP, Sandhoff R, Werth N, Mizukami H, Ellis JM, Dupree JL, Geyer R, Sandhoff K, Proia RL2005 Feb 2215710896
Beta1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase--GM2/GD2 synthase: a key enzyme to control the synthesis of brain-enriched complex gangliosides.Furukawa K, Takamiya K, Furukawa K2002 Dec 1912417418