IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.4.1.37

Accepted name: fucosylgalactoside 3-α-galactosyltransferase

Reaction: UDP-α-D-galactose + α-L-fucosyl-(1→2)-D-galactosyl-R = UDP + α-D-galactosyl-(1→3)-[α-L-fucosyl(1→2)]-D-galactosyl-R

(where R can be OH, an oligosaccharide or a glycoconjugate)

Other name(s): UDP-galactose:O-α-L-fucosyl(1→2)D-galactose α-D-galactosyltransferase; UDPgalactose:glycoprotein-α-L-fucosyl-(1,2)-D-galactose 3-α-D-galactosyltransferase; [blood group substance] α-galactosyltransferase; blood-group substance B-dependent galactosyltransferase; glycoprotein-fucosylgalactoside α-galactosyltransferase; histo-blood group B transferase; histo-blood substance B-dependent galactosyltransferase; UDP-galactose:α-L-fucosyl-1,2-D-galactoside 3-α-D-galactosyltransferase; UDP-galactose:α-L-fucosyl-(1→2)-D-galactoside 3-α-D-galactosyltransferase

Systematic name: UDP-α-D-galactose:α-L-fucosyl-(1→2)-D-galactoside 3-α-D-galactosyltransferase

Comments: Acts on blood group substance, and can use a number of 2-fucosyl-galactosides as acceptors.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37257-33-3

References:

1. Race, C., Ziderman, D., and Watkins, W.M. An α-D-galactosyltransferase associated with the blood-group B character. Biochem. J. 107 (1968) 733-735. [PMID: 16742598]

[EC 2.4.1.37 created 1972, modified 1999, modified 2002]


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