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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

HAS3

Homo sapiens · Hyaluronan synthase 3 (EC 2.4.1.212)

GT2Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT2 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolHAS3
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Hyaluronate synthase 3
  • Hyaluronic acid synthase 3
UniProt accessionO00219
NCBI Gene ID3038
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionHyaluronan synthase 3 (EC 2.4.1.212)
Subcellular location
  • Cell membrane
  • Golgi apparatus membrane
  • Golgi apparatus, trans-Golgi network membrane
  • Early endosome

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mg2+)
Oligomeric stateHomodimers (PubMed:25795779). Forms heterodimers with HAS2 a
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donor
  • UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
  • UDP-alpha-D-glucuronate
Donor CCD code(s)UD1, UGA
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • [hyaluronan](n)
  • N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1->4)-[hyaluronan](n)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

553 aa
MPVQLTTALRVVGTSLFALAVLGGILAAYVTGYQFIHTEKHYLSFGLYGAILGLHLLIQSLFAFLEHRRMRRAGQALKLPSPRRGSVALCIAAYQEDPDYLRKCLRSAQRISFPDLKVVMVVDGNRQEDAYMLDIFHEVLGGTEQAGFFVWRSNFHEAGEGETEASLQEGMDRVRDVVRASTFSCIMQKWGGKREVMYTAFKALGDSVDYIQVCDSDTVLDPACTIEMLRVLEEDPQVGGVGGDVQILNKYDSWISFLSSVRYWMAFNVERACQSYFGCVQCISGPLGMYRNSLLQQFLEDWYHQKFLGSKCSFGDDRHLTNRVLSLGYRTKYTARSKCLTETPTKYLRWLNQQTRWSKSYFREWLYNSLWFHKHHLWMTYESVVTGFFPFFLIATVIQLFYRGRIWNILLFLLTVQLVGIIKATYACFLRGNAEMIFMSLYSLLYMSSLLPAKIFAIATINKSGWGTSGRKTIVVNFIGLIPVSIWVAVLLGGLAYTAYCQDLFSETELAFLVSGAILYGCYWVALLMLYLAIIARRCGKKPEQYSLAFAEV

Catalytic domain sequence

279 aa
SVALCIAAYQEDPDYLRKCLRSAQRISFPDLKVVMVVDGNRQEDAYMLDIFHEVLGGTEQAGFFVWRSNFHEAGEGETEASLQEGMDRVRDVVRASTFSCIMQKWGGKREVMYTAFKALGDSVDYIQVCDSDTVLDPACTIEMLRVLEEDPQVGGVGGDVQILNKYDSWISFLSSVRYWMAFNVERACQSYFGCVQCISGPLGMYRNSLLQQFLEDWYHQKFLGSKCSFGDDRHLTNRVLSLGYRTKYTARSKCLTETPTKYLRWLNQQTRWSKSYFRE