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

GALNT2

Homo sapiens · Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.41)

GT27Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-ARetaining13 PDB structure(s)

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT27 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolGALNT2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Polypeptide GalNAc transferase 2
  • Protein-UDP acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2
  • UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2
UniProt accessionQ10471
NCBI Gene ID2590
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.41)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane
  • Secreted

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismRetaining
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+)
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structures2FFU, 2FFV, 4D0T, 4D0Z, 4D11, 5AJN, 5AJO, 5AJP, 5FV9, 5NDF, 6E7I, 6EGS, 6NQT

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD2
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • L-seryl-[protein]
  • L-threonyl-[protein]
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

571 aa
MRRRSRMLLCFAFLWVLGIAYYMYSGGGSALAGGAGGGAGRKEDWNEIDPIKKKDLHHSNGEEKAQSMETLPPGKVRWPDFNQEAYVGGTMVRSGQDPYARNKFNQVESDKLRMDRAIPDTRHDQCQRKQWRVDLPATSVVITFHNEARSALLRTVVSVLKKSPPHLIKEIILVDDYSNDPEDGALLGKIEKVRVLRNDRREGLMRSRVRGADAAQAKVLTFLDSHCECNEHWLEPLLERVAEDRTRVVSPIIDVINMDNFQYVGASADLKGGFDWNLVFKWDYMTPEQRRSRQGNPVAPIKTPMIAGGLFVMDKFYFEELGKYDMMMDVWGGENLEISFRVWQCGGSLEIIPCSRVGHVFRKQHPYTFPGGSGTVFARNTRRAAEVWMDEYKNFYYAAVPSARNVPYGNIQSRLELRKKLSCKPFKWYLENVYPELRVPDHQDIAFGALQQGTNCLDTLGHFADGVVGVYECHNAGGNQEWALTKEKSVKHMDLCLTVVDRAPGSLIKLQGCRENDSRQKWEQIEGNSKLRHVGSNLCLDSRTAKSGGLSVEVCGPALSQQWKFTLNLQQ

Catalytic domain sequence

180 aa
SVVITFHNEARSALLRTVVSVLKKSPPHLIKEIILVDDYSNDPEDGALLGKIEKVRVLRNDRREGLMRSRVRGADAAQAKVLTFLDSHCECNEHWLEPLLERVAEDRTRVVSPIIDVINMDNFQYVGASADLKGGFDWNLVFKWDYMTPEQRRSRQGNPVAPIKTPMIAGGLFVMDKFYF