Glycosyltransferase

Glycosyltransferases (Latin transferre = carry over ) are enzymes of the type transferase as catalysts monosaccharide units of an activated sugar, called glucosyl residues, usually transmitted an alcohol to an acceptor molecule. These reactions usually occur in the formation of glycoproteins from the N-glycosylation in the endoplasmic reticulum or O-glycosylation in the Golgi apparatus.

The glycosylation of glycolipids ( for example, cerebrosides and gangliosides ) is catalyzed by glycosyltransferases.

Further Reading

  • Liu J, Mushegian A: Three monophyletic super families account for the Majority of the known glycosyltransferases. In: Protein Sci .. 12, No. 7, July 2003, pp. 1418-31. doi: 10.1110/ps.0302103. PMID 12824488 PMC: . 2323934 (Free full text ).
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