Description
Alternate names:
lactosylceramide 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase;Galbeta1-4Glcbeta1-Cer alpha1,4-galactosyltransferase;globotriaosylceramide/CD77 synthase;histo-blood group Pk UDP-galactose;UDP-galactose:lactosylceramide 4II-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose:beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-D-glucosyl(1<->1)ceramide 4II-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase;UDP-galactose:beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide 4II-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase
Additional references:
Bailly P, Piller F, Cartron JP, Leroy Y, Fournet B. Identification of UDP-galactose: lactose (lactosylceramide) alpha-4 and beta-3 galactosyltransferases in human kidney. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 141 (1986) 84-91.Steffensen R, Carlier K, Wiels J, Levery SB, Stroud M, Cedergren B, Nilsson Sojka B, Bennett EP, Jersild C, Clausen H. Cloning and expression of the histo-blood group Pk UDP-galactose: Ga1beta-4G1cbeta1-cer alpha1, 4-galactosyltransferase. Molecular genetic basis of the p phenotype. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (2000) 16723-9. Kojima Y, Fukumoto S, Furukawa K, Okajima T, Wiels J, Yokoyama K, Suzuki Y, Urano T, Ohta M, Furukawa K. Molecular cloning of globotriaosylceramide/CD77 synthase, a glycosyltransferase that initiates the synthesis of globo series glycosphingolipids. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (2000) 15152-6.
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