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Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

UGT1A1

Homo sapiens · UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (EC 2.4.1.17)

GT1Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-BInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT1 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolUGT1A1
Synonyms / alternate names
  • GNT1
  • UGT1
  • Bilirubin-specific UDPGT isozyme 1
  • UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1-1
  • UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A isoform 1
UniProt accessionP22309
NCBI Gene ID54658
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionUDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (EC 2.4.1.17)
Subcellular location
  • Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  • Cytoplasm, perinuclear region

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-B
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statehomodimer
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-alpha-D-glucuronate
Donor CCD code(s)UGA
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • glucuronate acceptor
  • 17beta-estradiol
  • 2-hydroxyestrone
  • 2-hydroxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 2-methoxy-17beta-estradiol
  • 17alpha-estradiol
  • 16beta,17beta-estriol
  • losartan
  • prunetin
  • SN-38
  • (4Z,15Z)-bilirubin IXalpha
  • (4Z,15Z)-bilirubin IXalpha C8-beta-D-glucuronoside
  • (4Z,15Z)-bilirubin IXalpha C12-beta-D-glucuronoside
  • 8-iso-prostaglandin F2alpha
  • (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate
  • 15-hydroxy-(5Z,8Z,11Z,13E)-eicosatetraenoate
  • 20-hydroxy-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate
  • prostaglandin B1
  • (E)-ferulate
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTEST Verified PDB CCD code

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

533 aa
MAVESQGGRPLVLGLLLCVLGPVVSHAGKILLIPVDGSHWLSMLGAIQQLQQRGHEIVVLAPDASLYIRDGAFYTLKTYPVPFQREDVKESFVSLGHNVFENDSFLQRVIKTYKKIKKDSAMLLSGCSHLLHNKELMASLAESSFDVMLTDPFLPCSPIVAQYLSLPTVFFLHALPCSLEFEATQCPNPFSYVPRPLSSHSDHMTFLQRVKNMLIAFSQNFLCDVVYSPYATLASEFLQREVTVQDLLSSASVWLFRSDFVKDYPRPIMPNMVFVGGINCLHQNPLSQEFEAYINASGEHGIVVFSLGSMVSEIPEKKAMAIADALGKIPQTVLWRYTGTRPSNLANNTILVKWLPQNDLLGHPMTRAFITHAGSHGVYESICNGVPMVMMPLFGDQMDNAKRMETKGAGVTLNVLEMTSEDLENALKAVINDKSYKENIMRLSSLHKDRPVEPLDLAVFWVEFVMRHKGAPHLRPAAHDLTWYQYHSLDVIGFLLAVVLTVAFITFKCCAYGYRKCLGKKGRVKKAHKSKTH

Catalytic domain sequence

418 aa
KILLIPVDGSHWLSMLGAIQQLQQRGHEIVVLAPDASLYIRDGAFYTLKTYPVPFQREDVKESFVSLGHNVFENDSFLQRVIKTYKKIKKDSAMLLSGCSHLLHNKELMASLAESSFDVMLTDPFLPCSPIVAQYLSLPTVFFLHALPCSLEFEATQCPNPFSYVPRPLSSHSDHMTFLQRVKNMLIAFSQNFLCDVVYSPYATLASEFLQREVTVQDLLSSASVWLFRSDFVKDYPRPIMPNMVFVGGINCLHQNPLSQEFEAYINASGEHGIVVFSLGSMVSEIPEKKAMAIADALGKIPQTVLWRYTGTRPSNLANNTILVKWLPQNDLLGHPMTRAFITHAGSHGVYESICNGVPMVMMPLFGDQMDNAKRMETKGAGVTLNVLEMTSEDLENALKAVINDKSYKENIMRLSSL