α-1,3-Galactosyltransferase; α1,3GalT

Description

Alternate names:

N-acetyllactosaminide 3-alpha-galactosyltransferase;alpha-galactosyltransferase;UDP-Gal:beta-D-Gal(1,4)-D-GlcNAc alpha(1,3)-galactosyltransferase;UDP-Gal:N-acetyllactosaminide alpha(1,3)-galactosyltransferase;UDP-Gal:N-acetyllactosaminide alpha-1,3-D-galactosyltransferase;UDP-Gal:Galbeta1->4GlcNAc-R alpha1->3-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose-acetyllactosamine alpha-D-galactosyltransferase;UDPgalactose:beta-D-galactosyl-beta-1,4-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-glycopeptide alpha-1,3-D-galactosyltransferase;glucosaminylglycopeptide alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase;uridine diphosphogalactose-acetyllactosamine alpha1->3-galactosyltransferase;uridine diphosphogalactose-acetyllactosamine galactosyltransferase;uridine diphosphogalactose-galactosylacetylglucosaminylgalactosylglucosylceramide galactosyltransferase;beta-D-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminylglycopeptide alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose:N-acetyllactosaminide 3-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose:beta-D-galactosyl-1,4-beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminl-R 3-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose:beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-R 3-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase

Additional references:

Basu M, Basu S.Enzymatic synthesis of a blood group B-related pentaglycosylceramide by an alpha-galactosyltransferase from rabbit bone marrow.J. Biol. Chem. 248 (1973) 1700-6.  Blanken WM, Van den Eijnden DH.Biosynthesis of terminal Gal alpha 1—-3Gal beta 1—-4GlcNAc-R oligosaccharide sequences on glycoconjugates.  Purification and acceptor specificity of a UDP-Gal:N-acetyllactosaminide alpha 1—-3-galactosyltransferase from calf thymus.   J. Biol. Chem. 260 (1985) 12927-34.Blake DA, Goldstein IJ.An alpha-D-galactosyltransferase activity in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.  Biosynthesis and characterization of a trisaccharide (alpha-D-galactose-(1 goes to 3)-N-acetyllactosamine).
J. Biol. Chem. 256 (1981) 5387-93.