Medical Definition of Galactosyl transferase
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Enzyme catalysing the transfer of galactose units from the sugar nucleotide, uridine diphospho galactose UDP galactose) to an acceptor, commonly N acetyl glucosamine in a glycan chain, forming a glycosidic bond involving C1 of galactose.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galactosyl Transferase
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