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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

chsA

Emericella nidulans (strain FGSC A4 / ATCC 38163 / CBS 112.46 / NRRL 194 / M139) · Chitin synthase A (EC 2.4.1.16)

GT2Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT2 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolchsA
Synonyms / alternate names
  • chs2
  • Chitin-UDP acetyl-glucosaminyl transferase A
  • Class-II chitin synthase A
UniProt accessionP30584
NCBI Gene IDnot curated
Source speciesEmericella nidulans (strain FGSC A4 / ATCC 38163 / CBS 112.46 / NRRL 194 / M139)
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionChitin synthase A (EC 2.4.1.16)
Subcellular location
  • Cell membrane
  • Cell septum

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

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

1013 aa
MDCQNGRRANRTVRFARTAESRYPERYSYEYDPEETLSRAAPSMRNAPTIPPPTASGADEMRYTASRPASPARPWSPTRAADWVRPPSAAASYYERADINGSPRPGTPSSRYGGSPRRPLPPAPLFSKPGTTTQDTKIDIGDGEEDPFGGGGRTISSRHGPQGSVQSFTSESTFIADETDLEKVDLDEYEEESNETKSMVDPNLHYGPAPEKQSRRGVRNAQMAKKEVQLVNGELILECKIPTILHSFLPRRDDREFTHMRYTAVTCDPDDFTQRGYKLRQQIGRTMRETELFICITMYNEDETHFTRTMHGVMQNISHFCSRSKSRTWGKDGWKKIVVCIISDGRKKVHPRTLNALAALGVYQEGIAKNVVNQKQVNAHVYEYTTQVSLDSDLKFKGAEKGIVPCQVIFCLKEHNQKKLNSHRWFFNAFGRALQPNICILLDVGTRPEPTALYHLWKAFDQDSNVAGAAGEIKASKGKNMLGLLNPLVASQNFEYKMSNILDKPLESVFGYITVLPGALSAYRFFALQNDAEGNGPLNQYFKGETLHGKDADVFTANMYLAEDRILCWELVAKREERWVLRFVKSAVGETDVPDSIPEFISQRRRWLNGAFFAAVYSIVNVKQLWKTDHSLARKILLQIESVYQLLQLIFTYFGLANFYLAFFFIAGSLTDEKIDPFGHNMGKYIFIVLRYACVLVMCLQFIFSMGNRPQGAKKLYLSSMIVYSIVMAYTAFCTLYLIVLELMAKTGHDVPITMSDTLFVNIVVSLLSTVGLYFFTSFMYLDPWHMFTSSAQYFALLPSYICTLQCYAFCNTHDVTWGTKGDNTINTDLGTARIINGSIVEVEMPSEQLDIDSGYDAALRNLRDRLEVPDPGVSESQQQEDYYRAVRTYMVSVWMVANVVLAMAVSEVYGVGSSGTNVYLAIILWSVAVLAIIRAIGSTAYAVLYLIQKLVEGKAKFQAGNIASANASAAGSSLGTKSNVSYGSKGLNMTDRINETKWAISRGMQKAMFWKK

Catalytic domain sequence

330 aa
LFICITMYNEDETHFTRTMHGVMQNISHFCSRSKSRTWGKDGWKKIVVCIISDGRKKVHPRTLNALAALGVYQEGIAKNVVNQKQVNAHVYEYTTQVSLDSDLKFKGAEKGIVPCQVIFCLKEHNQKKLNSHRWFFNAFGRALQPNICILLDVGTRPEPTALYHLWKAFDQDSNVAGAAGEIKASKGKNMLGLLNPLVASQNFEYKMSNILDKPLESVFGYITVLPGALSAYRFFALQNDAEGNGPLNQYFKGETLHGKDADVFTANMYLAEDRILCWELVAKREERWVLRFVKSAVGETDVPDSIPEFISQRRRWLNGAFFAAVYSIVN