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Glycosyltransferases with endogenous acceptor activity in plasma membranes isolated from rat liver. 1977

W D Merritt, and D J Morre, and W W Franke, and T W Keenan

Plasma membrane fractions from rat liver exhibited glycosyltransferase activity with endogenous membrane-associated acceptors and either UDP-galactose, UDPglucose, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, or GDPmannose donors. Of these, incorporation into non-lipid acceptors was most active with UDP-galactose and only with UDPgalactose and UDPmannose was there incorporation into endogenous lipid acceptors. CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid was inactive as a donor with the isolated plasma membranes. In order to demonstrate transferase activity, low concentrations of substrate sugar nucleotides and short incubation times were used as well as sulfhydryl protectants and a phosphatase inhibitor (NaF) in the reaction mixtures. The findings support the concept of surface localization of at least a galactosyl transferase in cells of rat liver.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008099	Liver	A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.	Livers
D008297	Male		Males
D008364	Mannosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of mannose from a nucleoside diphosphate mannose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. The group includes EC 2.4.1.32, EC 2.4.1.48, EC 2.4.1.54, and EC 2.4.1.57.	Mannosyltransferase
D002462	Cell Membrane	The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.	Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D005700	Galactosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of galactose from a nucleoside diphosphate galactose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. EC 2.4.1.-.	Galactosyltransferase
D005964	Glucosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glucose from a nucleoside diphosphate glucose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. EC 2.4.1.-.	Glucosyltransferase
D006602	Hexosyltransferases	Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of hexose groups. EC 2.4.1.-.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012799	Sialyltransferases	A group of enzymes with the general activity CMP-N-acetylneuraminate:acceptor N-acetylneuraminyl transferase. They catalyze the transfer of N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID from CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID to an acceptor, which is usually the terminal sugar residue of an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid.	Glycoprotein Sialyltransferases,Glycosyltransferase Family 29,Sialyltransferase,Ectosialyltransferase,Glycoprotein Sialyltransferase,Sialyltransferase, Glycoprotein,Sialyltransferases, Glycoprotein
D014537	Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine	Serves as the biological precursor of insect chitin, of muramic acid in bacterial cell walls, and of sialic acids in mammalian glycoproteins.	UDP Acetylglucosamine,UDPGNAc,Uridine Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine,Uridine Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine,Uridine Diphosphate N Acetylglucosamine,Acetylglucosamine, UDP,Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine,Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine,N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine Diphosphate,Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine, Uridine,Uridine Diphospho N Acetylglucosamine