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

B3GNT2

Homo sapiens · N-acetyllactosaminide beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.149)

GT31Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting12 PDB structure(s)

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT31 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB3GNT2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • B3GALT7
  • B3GNT1
  • Beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1
  • Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 7
  • Beta-3-Gx-T7
  • UDP-Gal:beta-GlcNAc beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 7
  • UDP-GlcNAc:betaGal beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2
  • UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 7
UniProt accessionQ9NY97
NCBI Gene ID10678
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionN-acetyllactosaminide beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.149)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+)
Oligomeric stateInteracts with B3GNT8; this interaction greatly increases B3
PDB structures6WMM, 6WMN, 6WMO, 7JHI, 7JHK, 7JHL, 7JHM, 7JHN, 7JHO, 8SZ3, 8TIC, 8TJC

Donor and acceptor specificity

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

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

397 aa
MSVGRRRIKLLGILMMANVFIYFIMEVSKSSSQEKNGKGEVIIPKEKFWKISTPPEAYWNREQEKLNRQYNPILSMLTNQTGEAGRLSNISHLNYCEPDLRVTSVVTGFNNLPDRFKDFLLYLRCRNYSLLIDQPDKCAKKPFLLLAIKSLTPHFARRQAIRESWGQESNAGNQTVVRVFLLGQTPPEDNHPDLSDMLKFESEKHQDILMWNYRDTFFNLSLKEVLFLRWVSTSCPDTEFVFKGDDDVFVNTHHILNYLNSLSKTKAKDLFIGDVIHNAGPHRDKKLKYYIPEVVYSGLYPPYAGGGGFLYSGHLALRLYHITDQVHLYPIDDVYTGMCLQKLGLVPEKHKGFRTFDIEEKNKNNICSYVDLMLVHSRKPQEMIDIWSQLQSAHLKC

Catalytic domain sequence

192 aa
ARRQAIRESWGQESNAGNQTVVRVFLLGQTPPEDNHPDLSDMLKFESEKHQDILMWNYRDTFFNLSLKEVLFLRWVSTSCPDTEFVFKGDDDVFVNTHHILNYLNSLSKTKAKDLFIGDVIHNAGPHRDKKLKYYIPEVVYSGLYPPYAGGGGFLYSGHLALRLYHITDQVHLYPIDDVYTGMCLQKLGLVP