N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol deacetylase activity

Term ID

GO:0000225

Synonyms

• 6-(N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl)-1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol acetylhydrolase activity
• acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol deacetylase activity
• GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase activity
• GlcNAc-PI deacetylase activity
• N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol acetylhydrolase activity
• N-acetylglucosaminylphosphatidylinositol de-N-acetylase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: N-acetyl-D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol + H2O = D-glucosaminylphosphatidylinositol + acetate. This reaction is the second step of the biosynthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), used to anchor various eukaryotic proteins to the cell-surface membrane. 3.5.1.89

References

• EC:3.5.1.89
• MetaCyc:3.1.1.69-RXN
• RHEA:11660
• Reactome:R-HSA-162857

Ontology

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