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2.4.1.198: phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

This is an abbreviated version!
For detailed information about phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 2.4.1.198

Reaction

UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
+
1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol
=
UDP
+
6-(N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl)-1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol

Synonyms

acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine alpha1,6-, afpig-a, Down syndrome critical region protein 5, DR437w, Dscr5, glycosylphosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase complex, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, GntA, GPI-GlcNAc transferase, GPI-GnT, GPI-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, GPI-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase complex, GPI1, GPI15, GPI19, GPI2, GPI3, phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A, phosphatidylinositol/UDP-GlcNAc:GlcNAc transferase, PIG-A, PigA, UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:phosphatidylinositol N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine alpha1,6-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase

ECTree

     2 Transferases
         2.4 Glycosyltransferases
             2.4.1 Hexosyltransferases
                2.4.1.198 phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

Systematic Name

Systematic Name on EC 2.4.1.198 - phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 6-(N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl)transferase
Involved in the first step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor formation in all eukaryotes. In mammalian cells, the enzyme is composed of at least five subunits (PIG-A, PIG-H, PIG-C, GPI1 and PIG-P). PIG-A subunit is the catalytic subunit. In some species, the long-chain acyl groups of the phosphatidyl group are partly replaced by long-chain alkyl or alk-1-enyl groups.