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. 2014 Oct 20;5:492. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00492

Table 3.

Examples of glycosyltransferase families (CAZy).

GT family Mechanism Fold Glycosyltransferases Known structures
2 I GT-A WbbD, WbwC, WbiP, CgtB, WbgO, WfaP, WfgD, LgtA 7
6 R GT-A GTA, GTB, A3GALT, WbnI, BoGT56a, GTA-like (Hm) 4
7 I GT-A B4GALT 4
8 R GT-A LgtC 5
10 I GT-B α3/4FUT, FutA, FutB, FucTa, FUT3, FUT4-7, 9-11 1
11 I GT-B α2FUT, α3FUT (Hh), WbwK, Wbsj, FutC
13 I GT-A GnT I, MGAT1 1
14 I GT-A C2GnT1, IGnT, GCNT2 1
16 I ? MGAT2
17 I ? MGAT3
18 I ? MGAT5
23 I GT-B α6FUT8, NodZ 2
25 I ? LgtB
26 I ? WfeD
27 R GT-A GALNT 3
29 I GT-A Animal sialyl-T, ST3GAL, ST6GAL, ST6GALNAC, ST8SIA 3
31 I GT-A C1GALT, B3GALT5 1
32 R ? CgtD, Lgt5, A4GALT
38 I ? Bacterial PST
42 I GT-A Bacterial Sialyl-T, CstI, CstII 2
52 I GT-B Bacterial Sialyl-T, NST, WbwA 1
54 I ? MGAT4
80 I GT-B Bacterial Sialyl-T, Pm0188, α6Sialyl-T (Psp), PmST1, multifunctional 4

Fold, expected overall fold; Hh, Helicobacter hepaticus; Hm, Helicobacter mustelae; I, Inverting mechanism; Psp, Photobacterium sp.; R, Retaining mechanism; -T, -transferase.