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CESA8
Arabidopsis thaliana · Cellulose synthase A catalytic subunit 8 [UDP-forming] (EC 2.4.1.12)
GT2Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting
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Identification and annotation
| CAZy family | GT2 · CAZy entry |
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| Gene symbol | CESA8 |
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| Synonyms / alternate names | - IRX1
- LEW2
- Protein IRREGULAR XYLEM 1
- Protein LEAF WILTING 2
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| UniProt accession | Q8LPK5 |
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| NCBI Gene ID | 827612 |
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| Source species | Arabidopsis thaliana |
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| Taxonomic domain | Eukaryota |
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| UniProt annotation level | 5 |
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Function and localisation
| Enzyme function | Cellulose synthase A catalytic subunit 8 [UDP-forming] (EC 2.4.1.12) |
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| Subcellular location | Cell membrane |
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Structure and mechanism
| Fold type | GT-A |
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| Catalytic mechanism | Inverting |
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| Cation dependence | Yes (Mn2+) |
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| Oligomeric state | Interacts with CESA4 and CESA7. Assembly with CESA4 and CESA |
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| PDB structures | not curated |
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Donor and acceptor specificity
| Sugar nucleotide donor | UDP-alpha-D-glucose |
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| Donor CCD code(s) | UPG |
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| Acceptor substrate(s) | [(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl](n) |
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| Acceptor CCD / GlycoCT | not curated |
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Protein sequences
Full protein sequence
985 aa
MMESRSPICNTCGEEIGVKSNGEFFVACHECSFPICKACLEYEFKEGRRICLRCGNPYDENVFDDVETKTSKTQSIVPTQTNNTSQDSGIHARHISTVSTIDSELNDEYGNPIWKNRVESWKDKKDKKSKKKKKDPKATKAEQHEAQIPTQQHMEDTPPNTESGATDVLSVVIPIPRTKITSYRIVIIMRLIILALFFNYRITHPVDSAYGLWLTSVICEIWFAVSWVLDQFPKWSPINRETYIDRLSARFEREGEQSQLAAVDFFVSTVDPLKEPPLITANTVLSILALDYPVDKVSCYVSDDGAAMLSFESLVETADFARKWVPFCKKYSIEPRAPEFYFSLKIDYLRDKVQPSFVKERRAMKRDYEEFKIRMNALVAKAQKTPEEGWTMQDGTSWPGNNTRDHPGMIQVFLGYSGARDIEGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGYQHHKKAGAENALVRVSAVLTNAPFILNLDCDHYVNNSKAVREAMCFLMDPVVGQDVCFVQFPQRFDGIDKSDRYANRNIVFFDVNMRGLDGIQGPVYVGTGTVFRRQALYGYSPPSKPRILPQSSSSSCCCLTKKKQPQDPSEIYKDAKREELDAAIFNLGDLDNYDEYDRSMLISQTSFEKTFGLSTVFIESTLMENGGVPDSVNPSTLIKEAIHVISCGYEEKTEWGKEIGWIYGSITEDILTGFKMHCRGWRSIYCMPLRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSVEIFLSRHCPLWYGCSGGRLKLLQRLAYINTIVYPFTSLPLVAYCTLPAICLLTGKFIIPTLSNLASMLFLGLFISIILTSVLELRWSGVSIEDLWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLFAVFQGFLKMLAGLDTNFTVTSKTADDLEFGELYIVKWTTLLIPPTSLLIINLVGVVAGFSDALNKGYEAWGPLFGKVFFAFWVILHLYPFLKGLMGRQNRTPTIVILWSILLASVFSLVWVRINPFVSKTDTTSLSLNCLLIDC
Catalytic domain sequence
715 aa
VDFFVSTVDPLKEPPLITANTVLSILALDYPVDKVSCYVSDDGAAMLSFESLVETADFARKWVPFCKKYSIEPRAPEFYFSLKIDYLRDKVQPSFVKERRAMKRDYEEFKIRMNALVAKAQKTPEEGWTMQDGTSWPGNNTRDHPGMIQVFLGYSGARDIEGNELPRLVYVSREKRPGYQHHKKAGAENALVRVSAVLTNAPFILNLDCDHYVNNSKAVREAMCFLMDPVVGQDVCFVQFPQRFDGIDKSDRYANRNIVFFDVNMRGLDGIQGPVYVGTGTVFRRQALYGYSPPSKPRILPQSSSSSCCCLTKKKQPQDPSEIYKDAKREELDAAIFNLGDLDNYDEYDRSMLISQTSFEKTFGLSTVFIESTLMENGGVPDSVNPSTLIKEAIHVISCGYEEKTEWGKEIGWIYGSITEDILTGFKMHCRGWRSIYCMPLRPAFKGSAPINLSDRLHQVLRWALGSVEIFLSRHCPLWYGCSGGRLKLLQRLAYINTIVYPFTSLPLVAYCTLPAICLLTGKFIIPTLSNLASMLFLGLFISIILTSVLELRWSGVSIEDLWRNEQFWVIGGVSAHLFAVFQGFLKMLAGLDTNFTVTSKTADDLEFGELYIVKWTTLLIPPTSLLIINLVGVVAGFSDALNKGYEAWGPLFGKVFFAFWVILHLYPFLKGLMGRQNRTPTIVILWSILLASVFSLVWVRINPFVSKTDTTSLS
