GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

GCNT1

Homo sapiens · Beta-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.102)

GT14Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT14 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolGCNT1
Synonyms / alternate names
  • NACGT2
  • Core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
  • Core 2-branching enzyme
  • Core2-GlcNAc-transferase
  • Leukocyte type core 2 beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
UniProt accessionQ02742
NCBI Gene ID2650
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.102)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric stateInteracts with GOLPH3; may control GCNT1 retention in the Go
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD1
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a 3-O-[beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl]-L-seryl-[protein]
  • a 3-O-[beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl]-L-threonyl-[protein]
  • a globoside GalGb4Cer
  • a ganglioside GA1
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

428 aa
MLRTLLRRRLFSYPTKYYFMVLVLSLITFSVLRIHQKPEFVSVRHLELAGENPSSDINCTKVLQGDVNEIQKVKLEILTVKFKKRPRWTPDDYINMTSDCSSFIKRRKYIVEPLSKEEAEFPIAYSIVVHHKIEMLDRLLRAIYMPQNFYCIHVDTKSEDSYLAAVMGIASCFSNVFVASRLESVVYASWSRVQADLNCMKDLYAMSANWKYLINLCGMDFPIKTNLEIVRKLKLLMGENNLETERMPSHKEERWKKRYEVVNGKLTNTGTVKMLPPLETPLFSGSAYFVVSREYVGYVLQNEKIQKLMEWAQDTYSPDEYLWATIQRIPEVPGSLPASHKYDLSDMQAVARFVKWQYFEGDVSKGAPYPPCDGVHVRSVCIFGAGDLNWMLRKHHLFANKFDVDVDLFAIQCLDEHLRHKALETLKH

Catalytic domain sequence

269 aa
IAYSIVVHHKIEMLDRLLRAIYMPQNFYCIHVDTKSEDSYLAAVMGIASCFSNVFVASRLESVVYASWSRVQADLNCMKDLYAMSANWKYLINLCGMDFPIKTNLEIVRKLKLLMGENNLETERMPSHKEERWKKRYEVVNGKLTNTGTVKMLPPLETPLFSGSAYFVVSREYVGYVLQNEKIQKLMEWAQDTYSPDEYLWATIQRIPEVPGSLPASHKYDLSDMQAVARFVKWQYFEGDVSKGAPYPPCDGVHVRSVCIFGAGDLNWM