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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

GLG1

Cryptococcus neoformans (strain H99 / ATCC 208821 / CBS 10515 / FGSC 9487) · Glycogenin (EC 2.4.1.186)

GT8Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-ARetaining

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT8 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolGLG1
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Glycogen synthesis initiator protein
  • Glycogenin glucosyltransferase
UniProt accessionJ9VPM2
NCBI Gene ID23888619
Source speciesCryptococcus neoformans (strain H99 / ATCC 208821 / CBS 10515 / FGSC 9487)
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionGlycogenin (EC 2.4.1.186)
Subcellular location
  • Cytoplasm
  • Vacuole

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-glucose
Donor CCD code(s)UPG
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin]
  • [1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl](n)-L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin]
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

926 aa
MSLPNAFVTLLTTSSYLPGALVLLHALHDLHPAPRDFQIVALVTPETVDAATIGELRRAGYDLVIGVEPIGSGKAGQVGLELMGRPDLNFALTKLHLFRLAPFFSTLIYLDADILPLRPISHLFTSTAPHVFSACPDTGWPDCFNSGFMVIRPRESDWDGLKGMLKDGEGEDGLYREAGNGSFDGADQGLLNEWFSEDGGGGDWNRLSFTYNVTPSAAYTWAPAYKRFGHKISNVHFIGPNKPWTSLPGRPAGVSNVKGKENSYDYLSLIDRWFAVYDKHVRPASALDPDISRRFAVPQTIAAWDSHANQARAAATVLPEDKLDLSELKAATERGVNAFKPGQYTSLPLEGRVDLIMPKPKAIPRAPISQLVASSTIAPSVSPSALTPPPADAAPAPAPAPVPTQTEQKTAQPSVWDAQRSSPPASAPPEMSVPHAYYHNAWEAPLSQQSSYYAHPESHRPATEHKEPEYPTLPKEVTGDSWYARFATSTPDKRAISAVFPWEEKSYGPGYGHGSRPKPERVFPKGEEPLPSLVQQLIHPLQPPSISIQNPTPPHPAHSQHQSHATGMGMAGQAPKSPSPPPRHVSMVEAMASYKNVWDDIPQIGRYVDIMSGKTGGKSVRGVSTRGHGHGHGHIQGHGQGQKQPQAQTHERNTSLHSLQSVPGTPRTQYSTFGKSPRLTNARNLERRESFEQPEDSADGDDENSTSASEEEGGKSREGNSSKPYKGNKKYKDRWAQTDRVKTVDETVQTQTHAGEEAAAGGLKMWGLPHASAHGRKSSKEIPFPIGSGNGRAGGGGQREAQTQHQSTYYEYQQQHPHSQQSRQGSMASPKPELNVRLPDYSFDFKGATSHAQGLAQAQAQAHGQPQGQGANPNLNAQHRHRPSGSFSTIYGGRGRVWDPNTDVEVRRRDSQEVLARFMQGSLGRG

Catalytic domain sequence

235 aa
TTSSYLPGALVLLHALHDLHPAPRDFQIVALVTPETVDAATIGELRRAGYDLVIGVEPIGSGKAGQVGLELMGRPDLNFALTKLHLFRLAPFFSTLIYLDADILPLRPISHLFTSTAPHVFSACPDTGWPDCFNSGFMVIRPRESDWDGLKGMLKDGEGEDGLYREAGNGSFDGADQGLLNEWFSEDGGGGDWNRLSFTYNVTPSAAYTWAPAYKRFGHKISNVHFIGPNKPWTS