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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

A3galt2

Mus musculus · Alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.87)

GT6Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-ARetaining

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT6 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolA3galt2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Igb3s
  • Isoglobotriaosylceramide synthase
UniProt accessionQ3V1N9
NCBI Gene ID215493
Source speciesMus musculus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.1.87)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Golgi stack 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-galactosyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl derivative
  • a beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-Glc-(1<->1)-Cer(d18:1(4E))
  • a globoside Gb3Cer
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

370 aa
MALGTELGVSWPGSHGSCREQEGQRQRGPGKPTWGLSRAKKRLLWRFFLSAFGFLGLYHYRFIIIRLIEGSIPMGTCPTAIMPLPRDNFTGVLHHWARPEVLTCTSWGAPIIWDGTFDPHVAQQEARRRNLTIGLTVFAVGRYLEKYLEHFLVSAEQHFMVGQNVVYYVFTDRPEAVPYVALGQGRLLRAKPVQRERRWQDVSMARMPTLHEALGGQLGQEADFVFCLDVDQYFTGNFGPEVLADLVAQLHAWHYRWPRWLLPYERDKRSAAALSLSEGDFYYHAAVFGGSVAALLKLTAHCATGQQLDHKRGIEALWHDESHLNKFFWLNKPTKLLSPEFCWAEEIIWRREIHHPRLLWAPKEYTLVRN

Catalytic domain sequence

276 aa
HWARPEVLTCTSWGAPIIWDGTFDPHVAQQEARRRNLTIGLTVFAVGRYLEKYLEHFLVSAEQHFMVGQNVVYYVFTDRPEAVPYVALGQGRLLRAKPVQRERRWQDVSMARMPTLHEALGGQLGQEADFVFCLDVDQYFTGNFGPEVLADLVAQLHAWHYRWPRWLLPYERDKRSAAALSLSEGDFYYHAAVFGGSVAALLKLTAHCATGQQLDHKRGIEALWHDESHLNKFFWLNKPTKLLSPEFCWAEEIIWRREIHHPRLLWAPKEYTLVRN