Entry
Name
sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-alpha-galactosyltransferase;
floridoside-phosphate synthase;
UDP-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate-2-D-galactosyl transferase;
FPS;
UDP-galactose,sn-3-glycerol phosphate:1->2' galactosyltransferase;
floridoside phosphate synthetase;
floridoside phosphate synthase;
UDP-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase
Class
Transferases;
Glycosyltransferases;
Hexosyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
UDP-alpha-D-galactose:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 2-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
UDP-alpha-D-galactose + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate = UDP + 2-(alpha-D-galactosyl)-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate [RN:
R00853 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
UDP-alpha-D-galactose [CPD:
C00052 ];
sn-glycerol 3-phosphate [CPD:
C00093 ]
Product
UDP [CPD:
C00015 ];
2-(alpha-D-galactosyl)-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate [CPD:
C04641 ]
Comment
The product is hydrolysed by a phosphatase to floridoside (cf. EC
2.4.1.96 sn-glycerol-3-phosphate 1-galactosyltransferase).
History
EC 2.4.1.137 created 1984
Reference
Authors
Gray NC, Strickland KP.
Title
The purification and characterization of a phospholipase A2 activity from the 106,000 X g pellet (microsomal fraction) of bovine brain acting on phosphatidylinositol.
Journal
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.4.1.137