GO TERM SUMMARY
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Name: |
N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol deacetylase activity |
Acc: |
GO:0000225 |
Aspect: |
Molecular Function |
Desc: |
Catalysis of the reaction: N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol + H2O = D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol + acetate. The second step enzyme catalyzing the biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), used to anchor various eukaryotic proteins to the cell-surface membrane. Catalyzes the N-deacetylation of GlcNAc-PI to GlcN-PI. |
Synonyms:
- GlcNAc-PI deacetylase activity
- GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase activity
- acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol deacetylase activity
- N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylase activity
- 6-(N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl)-1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol acetylhydrolase activity
- N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol acetylhydrolase activity
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