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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

GLG2

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) · Glycogenin-2 (EC 2.4.1.186)

GT8Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-ARetaining

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT8 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolGLG2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Glycogen synthesis initiator protein 2
  • Glycogenin glucosyltransferase 2
UniProt accessionP47011
NCBI Gene ID853304
Source speciesSaccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionGlycogenin-2 (EC 2.4.1.186)
Subcellular location
  • Cytoplasm
  • Vacuole

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismRetaining
Cation dependenceYes (Mn2+)
Oligomeric stateInteracts with glycogen synthase GSY2
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

380 aa
MAKKVAICTLLYSRDYLPGALTLAYQLQKLLKHAVVEDEITLCLLIEKKLFGDEFKPQEIALIRSLFKEIIIIEPLKDQEKSIEKNKANLELLKRPELSHTLLKARLWELVQFDQVLFLDADTLPLNKEFFEILRLYPEQTRFQIAAVPDIGWPDMFNTGVLLLIPDLDMATSLQDFLIKTVSIDGADQGIFNQFFNPICNYSKEVLHKVSPLMEWIRLPFTYNVTMPNYGYQSSPAMNFFQQHIRLIHFIGTFKPWSRNTTDYDDHYYQLWRSTQRELYSECHLSNYFTHLQLGNIETETNFYHEPPCLQDLLNHGKRENQKHVDLDITSVDRNASQKSTAEKHDIEKPTSKPQSAFKFDWESTDYLDRVQRAFPKPDT

Catalytic domain sequence

253 aa
CTLLYSRDYLPGALTLAYQLQKLLKHAVVEDEITLCLLIEKKLFGDEFKPQEIALIRSLFKEIIIIEPLKDQEKSIEKNKANLELLKRPELSHTLLKARLWELVQFDQVLFLDADTLPLNKEFFEILRLYPEQTRFQIAAVPDIGWPDMFNTGVLLLIPDLDMATSLQDFLIKTVSIDGADQGIFNQFFNPICNYSKEVLHKVSPLMEWIRLPFTYNVTMPNYGYQSSPAMNFFQQHIRLIHFIGTFKPWSRN