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

B4GALNT2

Homo sapiens · N-acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosyl-glucoside beta-1,4-N- acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.165)

GT12Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT12 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB4GALNT2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • GALGT2
  • Beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2
  • Sd(a) beta-1,4-GalNAc transferase
  • UDP-GalNAc:Neu5Aca2-3Galb-R b1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase
UniProt accessionQ8NHY0
NCBI Gene ID124872
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionN-acetylneuraminylgalactosylglucosyl-glucoside beta-1,4-N- acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.165)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network membrane
  • Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane

Structure and mechanism

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

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD2
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • an N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl derivative
  • a 3-O-{alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->3)-[alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->6)]-alpha-D-GalNAc}-L-seryl-[protein]
  • a 3-O-{alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->3)-[alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->6)]-alpha-D-GalNAc}-L-threonyl-[protein]
  • a neolactoside IV(3)-alpha-NeuAc-nLc4Cer
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

566 aa
MGSAGFSVGKFHVEVASRGRECVSGTPECGNRLGSAGFGALCLELRGADPAWGPFAAHGRSRRQGSRFLWLLKILVIILVLGIVGFMFGSMFLQAVFSSPKPELPSPAPGVQKLKLLPEERLRNLFSYDGIWLFPKNQCKCEANKEQGGYNFQDAYGQSDLPAVKARRQAEFEHFQRREGLPRPLPLLVQPNLPFGYPVHGVEVMPLHTVPIPGLQFEGPDAPVYEVTLTASLGTLNTLADVPDSVVQGRGQKQLIISTSDRKLLKFILQHVTYTSTGYQHQKVDIVSLESRSSVAKFPVTIRHPVIPKLYDPGPERKLRNLVTIATKTFLRPHKLMIMLRSIREYYPDLTVIVADDSQKPLEIKDNHVEYYTMPFGKGWFAGRNLAISQVTTKYVLWVDDDFLFNEETKIEVLVDVLEKTELDVVGGSVLGNVFQFKLLLEQSENGACLHKRMGFFQPLDGFPSCVVTSGVVNFFLAHTERLQRVGFDPRLQRVAHSEFFIDGLGTLLVGSCPEVIIGHQSRSPVVDSELAALEKTYNTYRSNTLTRVQFKLALHYFKNHLQCAA

Catalytic domain sequence

107 aa
ATKTFLRPHKLMIMLRSIREYYPDLTVIVADDSQKPLEIKDNHVEYYTMPFGKGWFAGRNLAISQVTTKYVLWVDDDFLFNEETKIEVLVDVLEKTELDVVGGSVLG