GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

PIGA

Homo sapiens · Phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A (EC 2.4.1.198)

GT4Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-BRetaining

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT4 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolPIGA
Synonyms / alternate names
  • GlcNAc-PI synthesis protein
  • Phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis class A protein
UniProt accessionP37287
NCBI Gene ID5277
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionPhosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A (EC 2.4.1.198)
Subcellular locationRough endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-B
Catalytic mechanismRetaining
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric stateComponent of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-N-acetylglucos
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD1
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a 1
  • 2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTINS Verified PDB CCD code

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

484 aa
MACRGGAGNGHRASATLSRVSPGSLYTCRTRTHNICMVSDFFYPNMGGVESHIYQLSQCLIERGHKVIIVTHAYGNRKGIRYLTSGLKVYYLPLKVMYNQSTATTLFHSLPLLRYIFVRERVTIIHSHSSFSAMAHDALFHAKTMGLQTVFTDHSLFGFADVSSVLTNKLLTVSLCDTNHIICVSYTSKENTVLRAALNPEIVSVIPNAVDPTDFTPDPFRRHDSITIVVVSRLVYRKGIDLLSGIIPELCQKYPDLNFIIGGEGPKRIILEEVRERYQLHDRVRLLGALEHKDVRNVLVQGHIFLNTSLTEAFCMAIVEAASCGLQVVSTRVGGIPEVLPENLIILCEPSVKSLCEGLEKAIFQLKSGTLPAPENIHNIVKTFYTWRNVAERTEKVYDRVSVEAVLPMDKRLDRLISHCGPVTGYIFALLAVFNFLFLIFLRWMTPDSIIDVAIDATGPRGAWTNNYSHSKRGGENNEISETR

Catalytic domain sequence

143 aa
RRHDSITIVVVSRLVYRKGIDLLSGIIPELCQKYPDLNFIIGGEGPKRIILEEVRERYQLHDRVRLLGALEHKDVRNVLVQGHIFLNTSLTEAFCMAIVEAASCGLQVVSTRVGGIPEVLPENLIILCEPSVKSLCEGLEKAI