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

B4galnt1

Rattus norvegicus · Beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 (EC 2.4.1.92; 2.4.1.-)

GT12Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT12 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB4galnt1
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Galgt
  • Galgt1
  • (N-acetylneuraminyl)-galactosylglucosylceramide
  • GA2 synthase
  • GD2 synthase
  • GM2 synthase
  • GalNAc-T
UniProt accessionQ10468
NCBI Gene ID64828
Source speciesRattus norvegicus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 (EC 2.4.1.92; 2.4.1.-)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus 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)
  • a ganglioside GM3 (d18:1(4E))
  • a ganglioside GD3 (d18:1(4E))
  • a ganglioside GM3
  • a ganglioside GD3
  • a ganglioside GD1a
  • a ganglioside GT3 (d18:1(4E))
  • a beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-Glc-(1<->1)-Cer(d18:1(4E))
  • a neolactoside IV(3)-alpha-NeuGc-nLc4Cer
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

533 aa
MRLDRRALYALVLLLACASLGLLYASTRDAPGLPNPLALWSPPQGPPRLDLLDLATEPRYAHIPVRIKEQVVGLLAQNNCSCESSGGRFALPFLRQVRAIDFTKAFDAEELRAVSISREQEYQAFLARSRSLADQLLIAPANSPLQYPLQGVEVQPLRSILVPGLSLQEASVQEIYQVNLIASLGTWDVAGEVTGVTLTGEGQSDLTLASPILDKLNRQLQLVTYSSRSYQANTADTVRFSTKGHEVAFTILIRHPPNPRLYPPSSLPQGAQYNISALVTVATKTFLRYDRLRALIASIRRFYPTVTIVIADDSDKPERISDPHVEHYFMPFGKGWFAGRNLAVSQVTTKYVLWVDDDFVFTARTRLEKLVDVLERTPLDLVGGAVREISGYATTYRQLLSVEPGAPGFGNCLRQKQGFHHELAGFPNCVVTDGVVNFFLARTDKVRQVGFDPRLNRVAHLEFFLDGLGSLRVGSCSDVVVDHASKVKLPWTSKDPGAELYARYRYPGSLDQSQVAKHRLLFFKHRLQCMTAE

Catalytic domain sequence

144 aa
RYDRLRALIASIRRFYPTVTIVIADDSDKPERISDPHVEHYFMPFGKGWFAGRNLAVSQVTTKYVLWVDDDFVFTARTRLEKLVDVLERTPLDLVGGAVREISGYATTYRQLLSVEPGAPGFGNCLRQKQGFHHELAGFPNCVV