BIOSYNTHESIS OF GLYCOLIPIDS . INCORPORATION OF N-ACETYL GALACTOSAMINE BY A RAT BRAIN PARTICULATE PREPARATION

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作者
HANDA, S
BURTON, RM
机构
[1] Department of Pharmacology and Beaumont-May Institute of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, 63110, Missouri
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10.1007/BF02531046
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A mixture of UDP-(N-acetyl)glucosamine-114C and UDP-(N-acetyl)galactosamine-114C (7:3) served as a substrate to demonstrate in young rat brain tissue the presence of enzymes which catalyzes the reactions: UDP-glcNAc⇌UDP-galNAc (E.C.5.1.3) and UDP-galNAc+ gal-glc-cer→ galNAc-gal-glc-cer+UDP. The glycolipid acceptor specificity was examined and preliminary kinetic data were obtained for the UDP-(N-acetyl)galactosamine: gal-glc-ceramide N-acetyl galactosamine transferase. The products of the reaction were identified. The relationship of this reaction to ganglioside biosynthesis is discussed. © 1969 The American Oil Chemists' Society.
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