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. 2011 Aug 11;286(41):35367–35379. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.214148

TABLE 1.

Characterized glycosyldiacylglycerol synthases grouped by CAZyme GT families

Phylogenetic trees for glycosyldiacylglycerol synthases (UNIPROT sequences, both characterized and uncharacterized) are provided in supplemental Fig. S4).

Family Activity/EC Organism Enzyme UNIPROT Product Reference
GT28a MGalDAG synthase/EC 2.41.1.46 Arabidopsis thaliana Mgd1 O81770 Galβ3DAG 10, 15
A. thaliana Mgd2 O82730 Galβ3DAG 10, 12
A. thaliana Mgd3 Q9SI93 Galβ3DAG 10, 12
Cucumis sativus MGD1 P93115 Galβ3DAG 9
Spinacia aleracea MGD1 Q9SM44 Galβ3DAG 13
MGalD synthase/EC 2.41.1.46 Chloroflexus aurantiacus MGD A9WFF3 Galβ3DAG 14
DGlcDAG/EC 2.4.1.208 C. aurantiacus DGD A9WFF4 Glcβ6Galβ3DAG 14
Processive GlcDAG synthase Bacillus subtilis YpfP P54166 Glcβ3DAG, Glcβ6Glcβ3DAG 20
S. aureus str. RN4220 YpfP Q5HH69 Glcβ3DAG, Glcβ6Glcβ3DAG 21
GT21 Procesive Glc/Gal synthase Agrobacterium tumefaciens AtGcs Q7CYH2 Glcβ3DAG, Galβ3DAG, Glcβ6Glcβ3DAG, Glcβ6Galβ3DAG, Galβ6Galβ3DAG 22
Mesorhizobium loti MlGcs Q98BB3 Same as above 22
GT4b DGalDAG synthase/EC 2.4.1.241 A. thaliana DGDG1 Q9S7D1 Galα6Galβ3DAG 17
MGlcDAG synthase/EC 2.4.1.157 A. laidlawii AlMgs Q93P60 Glcα3DAG 33
Streptococcus pneumoniae SpMgs O06453 Glcα3DAG 33
Deinococcus radiodurans DrMgs Q9RV05 Glcα3DAG 14
Thermotoga maritima TrMgs Q9WZK3 Glcα3DAG 14
DGlcDAG synthase/EC 2.4.1.208 A. laidlawii AlDgs Q8KQL6 Glcα2Glcα3DAG 36
S. pneumoniae CpoA O06452 Galα2Glcα3DAG 52
GT2 MGlcDAG synthase/EC 2.4.1.157 Synechocystis sp. MGlcDG P74165 Glcβ3DAG 18
Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 MGlcDG Q8YMK0 Glcβ3DAG 18
Procesive Glc/Gal synthase M. pneumoniae MPN483 P75302 Galβ3DAG, Glcβ6Galβ3DAG 38
M. genitalium MG517 Q9ZB73 Glcβ3DAG, Galβ3DAG, Glcβ6Glcβ3DAG This work

a Other annotated (UNIPROT), not characterized GT28 (plant): Glycine max (Q9FZL4), Nicotina tabacum (Q9FZL3), Oryza sativa subsp. Japonica (type 1, Q69QJ7 ; type 2, Q6UTZ2 ; type 3, Q0DWQ1), O. sativa subsp. Indica (type 2, A2YTP9), Vigna unguiculata (type A, Q07A03; type B, A4UNX3, fragment).

b Other annotated (UNIPROT), not characterized GT4 (plant): DGalDAG synthase: A. thaliana (type 2, Q8W1S1), Lotus japonicus (type 2, Q6DW73), L. japonicus (type 1, Q6DW74), G. max (type 1, Q6DW76), G. max (type 2, Q6DW75), N. tabacum (Q6DQ98), V. unguiculata (type 1, Q07A01), V. unguiculata (type 2, A4UNX4, fragment); Xerophyta humilis (Q84XL8). Other annotated (UNIPROT), not characterized GT4 (cyanobacteria): DGalDAG synthase Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (P73948).