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

A4galt

Mus musculus · Lactosylceramide 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.228)

GT32Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-ARetaining

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT32 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolA4galt
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Alpha-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
  • Alpha-1,4-galactosyltransferase
  • Alpha4Gal-T1
  • Globotriaosylceramide synthase
  • UDP-galactose:beta-D-galactosyl-beta1-R 4-alpha-D-galactosyltransferase
UniProt accessionQ67BJ4
NCBI Gene ID239559
Source speciesMus musculus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionLactosylceramide 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.228)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismRetaining
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+)
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-alpha-D-galactose
Donor CCD code(s)GDU
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-Glc-(1<->1)-Cer(d18:1(4E))
  • a beta-D-Gal-(1<->1')-ceramide
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

359 aa
MGISCSHLEETMSKPPDCLLRMLRGTPRQRVFTFFIISFKFMFLISILIYWHTVGAPKDQREYSLPVDFSCPQLAFPRVSAPGNIFFLETSDRTSPNFLFMCSVESAARAHPESQVVVLMKGLPRDTTAQPRNLGISLLSCFPNVWIRPLDLQELFEDTPLAAWYSEARHRWEPYQLPVLSDASRIALLWKFGGIYLDTDFIVLKNLLNLTNTLGIQSRYVLNGAFLAFERKHEFLALCLHDFVANYNGWIWGHQGPQLLTRVFKKWCSIQSLEKSHACRGVTALPPEAFYPIPWQNWKKYFEDISPEELTQLLNATYAVHVWNKKSQGTHLEATSKALLAQLHARYCPTTHRAMKMYL

Catalytic domain sequence

127 aa
AFERKHEFLALCLHDFVANYNGWIWGHQGPQLLTRVFKKWCSIQSLEKSHACRGVTALPPEAFYPIPWQNWKKYFEDISPEELTQLLNATYAVHVWNKKSQGTHLEATSKALLAQLHARYCPTTHRA