Reaction: UDP-α-D-galactose + undecaprenyl phosphate = UMP + α-D-galactosyl-diphosphoundecaprenol
Other name(s): poly(isoprenol)-phosphate galactose phosphotransferase; poly(isoprenyl)phosphate galactosephosphatetransferase; undecaprenyl phosphate galactosyl-1-phosphate transferase; UDP-galactose:undecaprenyl-phosphate galactose phosphotransferase
Systematic name: UDP-α-D-galactose:undecaprenyl-phosphate galactose phosphotransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37278-29-8
References:
1. Osborn, M.J. and Yuan Tze-Yuen, R. Biosynthesis of bacterial lipopolysaccharide. VII. Enzymatic formation of the first intermediate in biosynthesis of the O-antigen of Salmonella typhimurium. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 5145-5152. [PMID: 4878433]
2. Wright, A., Dankert, M., Fennessen, P. and Robbins, P.W. Characterization of a polyisoprenoid compound functional in O-antigen biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 57 (1967) 1798-1803. [PMID: 4291948]