GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

B4GALT5

Homo sapiens · Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 5 (EC 2.4.1.-; 2.4.1.274)

GT7Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT7 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB4GALT5
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Beta-1,4-GalT II
  • Glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase
  • Lactosylceramide synthase
  • UDP-Gal:beta-GlcNAc beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 5
  • UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 5
UniProt accessionO43286
NCBI Gene ID9334
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 5 (EC 2.4.1.-; 2.4.1.274)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane
  • Golgi apparatus

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
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-glucosyl-(1<->1')-N-acylsphing-4-enine
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

388 aa
MRARRGLLRLPRRSLLAALFFFSLSSSLLYFVYVAPGIVNTYLFMMQAQGILIRDNVRTIGAQVYEQVLRSAYAKRNSSVNDSDYPLDLNHSETFLQTTTFLPEDFTYFANHTCPERLPSMKGPIDINMSEIGMDYIHELFSKDPTIKLGGHWKPSDCMPRWKVAILIPFRNRHEHLPVLFRHLLPMLQRQRLQFAFYVVEQVGTQPFNRAMLFNVGFQEAMKDLDWDCLIFHDVDHIPESDRNYYGCGQMPRHFATKLDKYMYLLPYTEFFGGVSGLTVEQFRKINGFPNAFWGWGGEDDDLWNRVQNAGYSVSRPEGDTGKYKSIPHHHRGEVQFLGRYALLRKSKERQGLDGLNNLNYFANITYDALYKNITVNLTPELAQVNEY

Catalytic domain sequence

217 aa
RWKVAILIPFRNRHEHLPVLFRHLLPMLQRQRLQFAFYVVEQVGTQPFNRAMLFNVGFQEAMKDLDWDCLIFHDVDHIPESDRNYYGCGQMPRHFATKLDKYMYLLPYTEFFGGVSGLTVEQFRKINGFPNAFWGWGGEDDDLWNRVQNAGYSVSRPEGDTGKYKSIPHHHRGEVQFLGRYALLRKSKERQGLDGLNNLNYFANITYDALYKNITVN