GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

waaZ

Escherichia coli (strain K12) · Probable 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonic acid transferase (EC 2.4.99.15)

GT73Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-BInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT73 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolwaaZ
Synonyms / alternate names
  • rfaZ
  • Lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis protein WaaZ
UniProt accessionP27241
NCBI Gene ID948146
Source speciesEscherichia coli (strain K12)
Taxonomic domainBacteria
UniProt annotation level4

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionProbable 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonic acid transferase (EC 2.4.99.15)
Subcellular locationnot curated

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-B
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorCMP-3-deoxy-beta-D-manno-octulosonate
Donor CCD code(s)not curated
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • an alpha-Kdo-(2->4)-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA
  • alpha-Kdo-(2->4)-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid IVA (E. coli)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

283 aa
MKNIRYIDKKDVENLIENKISDDVIIFLSGPTSQKTPLSVLRTKDIIAVNGSAQYLLSNNIVPFIYVLTDVRFLHQRRDDFYKFSQRSRYTIVNVDVYEHASKEDKLYILQNCLVLRSFYRREKGGFIKKIKFNILRQIHKELLISVPLSKKGRLVGFCKDISLGYCSCHTIAFAAIQIAYSLKYARIICSGLDLTGSCSRFYDENKNPMPSELSRDLFKILPFFRFMHDNVKDINIYNLSDDTAISYDVIPFIKLQDISAEESKDMTRKKMQYRTSTDSYAN

Catalytic domain sequence

250 aa
YIDKKDVENLIENKISDDVIIFLSGPTSQKTPLSVLRTKDIIAVNGSAQYLLSNNIVPFIYVLTDVRFLHQRRDDFYKFSQRSRYTIVNVDVYEHASKEDKLYILQNCLVLRSFYRREKGGFIKKIKFNILRQIHKELLISVPLSKKGRLVGFCKDISLGYCSCHTIAFAAIQIAYSLKYARIICSGLDLTGSCSRFYDENKNPMPSELSRDLFKILPFFRFMHDNVKDINIYNLSDDTAISYDVIPFIK