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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

has2

Xenopus tropicalis · Hyaluronan synthase 2 (EC 2.4.1.212)

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

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT2 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolhas2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Hyaluronate synthase 2
  • Hyaluronic acid synthase 2
UniProt accessionB1WAU6
NCBI Gene ID100145711
Source speciesXenopus tropicalis
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level4

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionHyaluronan synthase 2 (EC 2.4.1.212)
Subcellular location
  • Cell membrane
  • Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  • Golgi apparatus membrane
  • Lysosome
  • Vesicle

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mg2+)
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

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

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

552 aa
MHCERFICILRIIGTTLFGVSLLLGISAAYIVGYQFIQTDNYYFSFGLYGAILALHLIIQSLFAFLEHRKMKRSLETPIKLNKSVALCIAAYQEDPDYLRKCLLSVKRLTYPGMKVIMVIDGNSDDDLYMMDIFREIMGSDSCATYVWKNNFHLKGPNETDGSHRESMQHVTQMVLSNKNVCIMQKWGGKREVMYTAFKALGRSVDYVQVCDSDTVLDPASSVEMVKVLEEDIMVGGVGGDVQILNKYDSWISFLSSVRYWMAFNIERACQSYFGCVQCISGPLGMYRNSLLHEFLEDWYNQEFLGSQCSFGDDRHLTNRVLSLGYATKYTARSKCLTETPTEYLRWLNQQTRWSKSYFREWLYNAMWFHKHHLWMTYEAVITGFFPFFLIATVIQLFYRGRIWNILLFLLTVQLVGLIKSSFASALRGNIVMVFMSLYSVLYMSSLLPAKMFAIATINKAGWGTSGRKTIVVNFIGLIPITVWFTILLGGVCYTIWRETKKPFSESEKIVLAVGAILYACYWVMLLTMYVSLVMKCGRRRKEPQHDLVLDV

Catalytic domain sequence

278 aa
SVALCIAAYQEDPDYLRKCLLSVKRLTYPGMKVIMVIDGNSDDDLYMMDIFREIMGSDSCATYVWKNNFHLKGPNETDGSHRESMQHVTQMVLSNKNVCIMQKWGGKREVMYTAFKALGRSVDYVQVCDSDTVLDPASSVEMVKVLEEDIMVGGVGGDVQILNKYDSWISFLSSVRYWMAFNIERACQSYFGCVQCISGPLGMYRNSLLHEFLEDWYNQEFLGSQCSFGDDRHLTNRVLSLGYATKYTARSKCLTETPTEYLRWLNQQTRWSKSYFRE