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Process for preparing uridine diphosphate-N-acetylgalactosamine

US4604349A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 1985
Grant dateAug 5, 1986
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/839
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process for preparing uridine diphosphate-N-acetylgalactosamine, which comprises treating a reaction solution obtained by the enzymatic conversion of uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine to uridine diphosphate-N-acetylgalactosamine, with uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase to decompose the remaining uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine in the solution and then separating therefrom the uridine diphosphate-N-acetylgalactosamine for purification. In one aspect of this invention, it relates to a method for measuring the activity of .alpha.-N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase characterized by the use of said reaction solution as the substrate for the transferase.

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