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

CHS3

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) · Chitin synthase 3 (EC 2.4.1.16)

GT2Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting1 PDB structure(s)

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT2 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolCHS3
Synonyms / alternate names
  • CAL1
  • CSD2
  • DIT101
  • KIT2
  • Chitin-UDP acetyl-glucosaminyl transferase 3
  • Class-IV chitin synthase 3
UniProt accessionP29465
NCBI Gene ID852311
Source speciesSaccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionChitin synthase 3 (EC 2.4.1.16)
Subcellular location
  • Cell membrane
  • Bud neck
  • Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statehomodimer
PDB structures4WJW

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD1
Acceptor substrate(s)[(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl](n)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

1165 aa
MTGLNGDDPDDYYLNLNQDEESLLRSRHSVGSGAPHRQGSLVRPERSRLNNPDNPHFYYAQKTQEQMNHLDVLPSSTGVNPNATRRSGSLRSKGSVRSKFSGRETDSYLLQDMNTTDKKASVKISDEGVAEDEFDKDGDVDNFEESSTQPINKSIKPLRKETNDTLSFWQMYCYFITFWAPAPILAFCGMPKKERQMAWREKVALISVILYIGAIVAFLTFGFTKTVCSSSKLRLKNNEVSTEFVVINGKAYELDTSSRSGIQDVEVDSDTLYGPWSDAGKDASFLFQNVNGNCHNLITPKSNSSIPHDDDNNLAWYFPCKLKNQDGSSKPNFTVENYAGWNCHTSKEDRDAFYGLKSKADVYFTWDGIKNSSRNLIVYNGDVLDLDLLDWLEKDDVDYPVVFDDLKTSNLQGYDLSLVLSNGHERKIARCLSEIIKVGEVDSKTVGCIASDVVLYVSLVFILSVVIIKFIIACYFRWTVARKQGAYIVDNKTMDKHTNDIEDWSNNIQTKAPLKEVDPHLRPKKYSKKSLGHKRASTFDLLKKHSSKMFQFNESVIDLDTSMSSSLQSSGSYRGMTTMTTQNAWKLSNENKAVHSRNPSTLLPTSSMFWNKATSSPVPGSSLIQSLDSTIIHPDIVQQPPLDFMPYGFPLIHTICFVTCYSEDEEGLRTTLDSLSTTDYPNSHKLLMVVCDGLIKGSGNDKTTPEIALGMMDDFVTPPDEVKPYSYVAVASGSKRHNMAKIYAGFYKYDDSTIPPENQQRVPIITIVKCGTPAEQGAAKPGNRGKRDSQIILMSFLEKITFDERMTQLEFQLLKNIWQITGLMADFYETVLMVDADTKVFPDALTHMVAEMVKDPLIMGLCGETKIANKAQSWVTAIQVFEYYISHHQAKAFESVFGSVTCLPGCFSMYRIKSPKGSDGYWVPVLANPDIVERYSDNVTNTLHKKNLLLLGEDRFLSSLMLKTFPKRKQVFVPKAACKTIAPDKFKVLLSQRRRWINSTVHNLFELVLIRDLCGTFCFSMQFVIGIELIGTMVLPLAICFTIYVIIFAIVSKPTPVITLVLLAIILGLPGLIVVITATRWSYLWWMCVYICALPIWNFVLPSYAYWKFDDFSWGDTRTIAGGNKKAQDENEGEFDHSKIKMRTWREFEREDILNRKEESDSFVA

Catalytic domain sequence

348 aa
CFVTCYSEDEEGLRTTLDSLSTTDYPNSHKLLMVVCDGLIKGSGNDKTTPEIALGMMDDFVTPPDEVKPYSYVAVASGSKRHNMAKIYAGFYKYDDSTIPPENQQRVPIITIVKCGTPAEQGAAKPGNRGKRDSQIILMSFLEKITFDERMTQLEFQLLKNIWQITGLMADFYETVLMVDADTKVFPDALTHMVAEMVKDPLIMGLCGETKIANKAQSWVTAIQVFEYYISHHQAKAFESVFGSVTCLPGCFSMYRIKSPKGSDGYWVPVLANPDIVERYSDNVTNTLHKKNLLLLGEDRFLSSLMLKTFPKRKQVFVPKAACKTIAPDKFKVLLSQRRRWINSTVHN