Reaction: UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine + β-D-GlcNAc-(1→3)-β-D-Gal-(1→4)-β-D-GlcNAc-R = UDP + β-D-GlcNAc-(1→3)-[β-D-GlcNAc-(1→6)]-β-D-Gal-(1→4)-β-D-GlcNAc-R
Other name(s): UDP-GlcNAc:GlcNAcβ1-3Gal(-R) β1-6(GlcNAc to Gal) N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase; dIGnT; C2GnT2 (misleading)
Systematic name: UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine:N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminyl-(1→3)-β-D-galactosyl-(1→4)-N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminide 6-β-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (configuration-inverting)
Comments: Involved in the production of milk oligosaccharides in the lacto-N-triose (LNT) series. Cf. EC 2.4.1.150 (N-acetyllactosaminide β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase; cIGnT) and EC 2.4.1.148 (acetylgalactosaminyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase).
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References:
1. Piller, F., Cartron, J.P., Maranduba, A., Veyrieres, A., Leroy, Y. and Fournet, B. Biosynthesis of blood group I antigens. Identification of a UDP-GlcNAc:GlcNAc β 1-3Gal(-R) β 1-6(GlcNAc to Gal) N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase in hog gastric mucosa. J. Biol. Chem. 259 (1984) 13385-13390. [PMID: 6490658]
2. Yeh, J.C., Ong, E. and Fukuda, M. Molecular cloning and expression of a novel β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that forms core 2, core 4, and I branches. J. Biol. Chem. 274 (1999) 3215-3221. [PMID: 9915862]