EC |
2.4.1.137 |
Accepted name: |
sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-α-galactosyltransferase |
Reaction: |
UDP-α-D-galactose + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate = UDP + 2-(α-D-galactosyl)-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate |
Other name(s): |
floridoside-phosphate synthase; UDP-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate-2-D-galactosyl transferase; FPS; UDP-galactose,sn-3-glycerol phosphate:1→2′ galactosyltransferase; floridoside phosphate synthetase; floridoside phosphate synthase; UDP-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-α-D-galactosyltransferase |
Systematic name: |
UDP-α-D-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-α-D-galactosyltransferase |
Comments: |
The product is hydrolysed by a phosphatase to floridoside (cf. EC 2.4.1.96 sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 1-galactosyltransferase). |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 80747-34-8 |
References: |
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Gray, N.C.C. and Strickland, K.P. The purification and characterization of a phospholipase A2 activity from the 106,000 x g pellet (microsomal fraction) of bovine brain acting on phosphatidylinositol. Can. J. Biochem. 60 (1982) 108–117. [PMID: 7083039] |
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[EC 2.4.1.137 created 1984] |
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