Galactoside O-acetyltransferase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
EC no. | 2.3.1.18 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 9029-94-1 | ||||||||
Databases | |||||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Thiogalactoside acetyltransferase | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
Organism | |||||||
Symbol | lacA | ||||||
Entrez | 945674 | ||||||
RefSeq (Prot) | NP_414876 | ||||||
UniProt | P07464 | ||||||
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Galactoside acetyltransferase (also known as Galactoside O-acetyltransferase, thiogalactoside transacetylase, β-galactoside transacetylase and GAT) is an enzyme that transfers an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to β-galactosides, glucosides and lactosides. It is coded for by the lacA gene of the lac operon in E. coli. [1]
It catalyzes the following reaction:
acetyl-CoA + beta-D-galactoside → CoA + 6-acetyl-beta-D-galactoside
The kinetics of the enzyme were delineated in 1995. [2]
The enzyme's role in the classical E.coli lac operon remains unclear. [1] [3] However, the enzyme's cellular role may be to detoxify non-metabolizable pyranosides by acetylating them and preventing their reentry into the cell. [1] [4]
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