Reaction: Transfers a xylosyl residue from UDP-D-xylose to a D-galactose residue in xylogalacturonan, forming a β-1,3-D-xylosyl-D-galactose linkage.
Other name(s): xylogalacturonan xylosyltransferase; XGA xylosyltransferase
Systematic name: UDP-D-xylose:xylogalacturonan β-1,3-xylosyltransferase
Comments: Involved in plant cell wall synthesis. The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana also transfers D-xylose from UDP-D-xylose onto oligogalacturonide acceptors. The enzyme did not show significant activity with UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, or UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as sugar donors.
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References:
1. Jensen, J.K., Sorensen, S.O., Harholt, J., Geshi, N., Sakuragi, Y., Moller, I., Zandleven, J., Bernal, A.J., Jensen, N.B., Sorensen, C., Pauly, M., Beldman, G., Willats, W.G. and Scheller, H.V. Identification of a xylogalacturonan xylosyltransferase involved in pectin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20 (2008) 1289-1302. [PMID: 18460606]