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ENZYME entry: EC 2.4.1.186

Accepted Name
glycogenin glucosyltransferase
Alternative Name(s)
glycogenin
priming glucosyltransferase
Reaction catalysed
  • L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin] + UDP-alpha-D-glucose <=> alpha-D-glucosyl-L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin] + H(+) + UDP
  • [1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl](n)-L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin] + UDP-alpha-D-glucose <=> [1,4-alpha-D-glucosyl](n+1)-L-tyrosyl-[glycogenin] + H(+) + UDP
Comment(s)
  • The first reaction of this enzyme is to catalyze its own glucosylation, normally at a specific Tyr of the protein if this group is free; when the Tyr is replaced by Thr or Phe, the enzyme's self-glucosylation activity is lost but its intermolecular transglucosylation ability remains.
  • It continues to glucosylate an existing glucosyl group until a length of about 5-13 residues has been formed.
  • Further lengthening of the glycogen chain is then carried out by EC 2.4.1.11.
  • Not highly specific for the donor, using UDP-xylose in addition to UDP-glucose (although not glucosylating or xylosylating a xylosyl group so added).
  • It can also use CDP-glucose and TDP-glucose, but not ADP-glucose or GDP-glucose.
  • Similarly it is not highly specific for the acceptor, using water (i.e. hydrolyzing UDP-glucose) among others.
  • Various forms of the enzyme exist, and different forms predominate in different organs.
  • Thus primate liver contains glycogenin-2, of molecular mass 66 kDa, whereas the more widespread form is glycogenin-1, with a molecular mass of 38 kDa.
  • Formerly EC 2.4.1.112.
Cross-references
BRENDA2.4.1.186
EC2PDB2.4.1.186
ExplorEnz2.4.1.186
PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles2.4.1.186
KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature2.4.1.186
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature2.4.1.186
IntEnz2.4.1.186
MEDLINEFind literature relating to 2.4.1.186
MetaCyc2.4.1.186
Rhea expert-curated reactions2.4.1.186
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
A7A018, GLG1_YEAS7P36143, GLG1_YEASTA6ZQJ2, GLG2_YEAS7
P47011, GLG2_YEASTO15488, GLYG2_HUMANP46976, GLYG_HUMAN
Q9R062, GLYG_MOUSEP13280, GLYG_RABITO08730, GLYG_RAT
H2KYQ5, GYG1_CAEEL

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