| phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase | |
| Ec Number: | 2.4.1.198 |
| Cas Number: | 144388-35-2 |
| Go Code: | 0017176 |
In enzymology, a phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine + phosphatidylinositol
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Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and phosphatidylinositol, whereas its two products are UDP and N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol.
The mammalian enzyme is composed of at least six subunits (PIG-A, PIG-H, PIG-C, PIG-P, PIG-Y, and GPI1). PIG-A is the catalytic subunit.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, to be specific the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol 6-(N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl)transferase. Other names in common use include UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine:phosphatidylinositol, N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase, uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine, and alpha1,6-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase. This enzyme participates in 3 metabolic pathways: glycosylphosphatidylinositol(gpi)-anchor, ???, and glycan structures - biosynthesis 2.