GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

beta4GalNAcTB

Drosophila melanogaster · Beta1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase B (EC 2.4.1.244)

GT7Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT7 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolbeta4GalNAcTB
Synonyms / alternate names
  • UDP-GalNAc:betaGlcNAc beta-1
  • 4GalNAc-transferase
UniProt accessionQ9VAQ8
NCBI Gene ID43425
Source speciesDrosophila melanogaster
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase B (EC 2.4.1.244)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus membrane
  • Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
  • Secreted

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceYes (Mg2+)
Oligomeric stateInteracts with GABPI; the interaction is required for locali
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorUDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine
Donor CCD code(s)UD2
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • an N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl derivative
  • a beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->3)-beta-D-Man-(1->4)-beta-D-Glc-(1<->1)-ceramide
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

323 aa
MFVRLWVRSFHKYDLLIAIGLITLIVYLCLPFRFASHYDYIEESKIEGALVPQVTRNVSQQEVFECTYSEIIAENRFVYHLAHYHDAVQRGAEIRPGGEFRPEGCQARYSTAIIVPYRQREEQLHAFLTYMHNYLPQQLIHYRIFLVEQFDHKPFNRAMLFNIGAQVAAEYGFPCLILHDVDLLPLNSGQIYACSERPRHMSSALDHWRFRLPYRGLFGGVVAINTAQYQQINGMSNLYYGWGGEDDDLYERLQALNIDICRFAMEFSKYTMLKHKQEQPNANRVALLRSATLRQHADGLNSLVYTEMERRMHSLFTHILVDT

Catalytic domain sequence

215 aa
RYSTAIIVPYRQREEQLHAFLTYMHNYLPQQLIHYRIFLVEQFDHKPFNRAMLFNIGAQVAAEYGFPCLILHDVDLLPLNSGQIYACSERPRHMSSALDHWRFRLPYRGLFGGVVAINTAQYQQINGMSNLYYGWGGEDDDLYERLQALNIDICRFAMEFSKYTMLKHKQEQPNANRVALLRSATLRQHADGLNSLVYTEMERRMHSLFTHILVD