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Preferred Name

Glycosyltransferase

Synonyms

Glycosyltransferase

EC 2.4

Definitions

An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of glycosyl groups to an acceptor. The acceptor molecules are frequently carbohydrate molecules, or inorganic phosphates. A special subsect of glycosyltransferases can also catalyze hydrolysis. Subclasses include Hexosyltransferases, Pentosyltransferases and Sialyltransferases. 2005

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17434

code

C17434

DEFINITION

An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of glycosyl groups to an acceptor. The acceptor molecules are frequently carbohydrate molecules, or inorganic phosphates. A special subsect of glycosyltransferases can also catalyze hydrolysis. Subclasses include Hexosyltransferases, Pentosyltransferases and Sialyltransferases. 2005

FULL_SYN

Glycosyltransferase

EC 2.4

label

Glycosyltransferase

Legacy Concept Name

Glycosyltransferase

Preferred_Name

Glycosyltransferase

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C17434

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Enzyme

UMLS_CUI

C0085249

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C17210

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