4-Nitrophenyl N-acetyl-?-D-galactosaminide has been used:as a synthetic substrate in the glycosyl hydrolase assay of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis proteinas a substrate in -?-hexosaminidase assay in adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells A549as a substrate for N-acetyl-?-D-galactosaminidase assay in rat kidney tissue extracts
General description
4-Nitrophenyl N-acetyl-?-D-galactosaminide is a chromogenic substrate for enzymes N-acetyl-?-D-galactosaminidase and N-Acetyl-?-D-hexosaminidase. It is membrane-permeable and serves as a substrate for the enzyme 6-sulfotransferase in Golgi vesicles.