Dolichyl-phosphate_b-glucosyltransferase

Dolichyl-phosphate beta-glucosyltransferase

Dolichyl-phosphate beta-glucosyltransferase

Class of enzymes


In enzymology, a dolichyl-phosphate beta-glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.117) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

UDP-glucose + dolichyl phosphate UDP + dolichyl beta-D-glucosyl phosphate

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-glucose and dolichyl phosphate, whereas its two products are UDP and dolichyl beta-D-glucosyl phosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucose:dolichyl-phosphate beta-D-glucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include polyprenyl phosphate:UDP-D-glucose glucosyltransferase, UDP-glucose dolichyl-phosphate glucosyltransferase, uridine diphosphoglucose-dolichol glucosyltransferase, UDP-glucose:dolichol phosphate glucosyltransferase, UDP-glucose:dolicholphosphoryl glucosyltransferase, UDP-glucose:dolichyl monophosphate glucosyltransferase, and UDP-glucose:dolichyl phosphate glucosyltransferase. This enzyme participates in n-glycan biosynthesis.


References

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    • Herscovics A, Bugge B, Jeanloz RW (1977). "Glucosyltransferase activity in calf pancreas microsomes. Formation of dolichyl D[14C]glucosyl phosphate and 14C-labeled lipid-linked oligosaccharides from UDP-D-[14C]glucose". J. Biol. Chem. 252 (7): 2271–7. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(17)40550-3. PMID 849929.
    • Villemez CL, Carlo PL (1979). "Properties of a soluble polyprenyl phosphate: UDP-D-glucose glucosyltransferase". J. Biol. Chem. 254 (11): 4814–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(17)30085-6. PMID 438216.



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