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

B4galt6

Rattus norvegicus · Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 6 (EC 2.4.1.-; 2.4.1.274)

GT7Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT7 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolB4galt6
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase
  • Lactosylceramide synthase
  • UDP-Gal:beta-GlcNAc beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 6
  • UDP-Gal:glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase
  • UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 6
UniProt accessionO88419
NCBI Gene ID65196
Source speciesRattus norvegicus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 6 (EC 2.4.1.-; 2.4.1.274)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Golgi stack membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+, Mg2+, Ca2+)
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

382 aa
MSALKRMMRVSNRSLIAFIFFFSLSTSCLYFIYVAPGIANTYLFMVQARGIMLRENVKTIGHMIRLYTNKNTTLNGTDYPEGNNTSDYLVQTTTYLPQNFTYSPHLPCPEKLPYMRGFLSVNVSEISFDEVHQLFSKDSEIEPGGHWRPQDCKPRWKVAVLIPFRNRHEHLPIFFLHLIPMLQKQRLEFAFYVIEQTGTQPFNRAMLFNVGFKEAMKDRAWDCVIFHDVDHLPENDRNYYGCGEMPRHFAAKLDKYMYILPYKEFFGGVSGLTVEQFRKINGFPNAFWGWGGEDDDLWNRVHYSGYNVTRPEGDLGKYTSIPHHHRGEVQFLGRYKLLRYSKERQFIDGLNNLLYTPKILVDRLYTNISVNLMPELAPVEDY

Catalytic domain sequence

217 aa
RWKVAVLIPFRNRHEHLPIFFLHLIPMLQKQRLEFAFYVIEQTGTQPFNRAMLFNVGFKEAMKDRAWDCVIFHDVDHLPENDRNYYGCGEMPRHFAAKLDKYMYILPYKEFFGGVSGLTVEQFRKINGFPNAFWGWGGEDDDLWNRVHYSGYNVTRPEGDLGKYTSIPHHHRGEVQFLGRYKLLRYSKERQFIDGLNNLLYTPKILVDRLYTNISVN