Protein
Xylosyltransferase 2
Function
Catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate, heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate proteoglycans, such as DCN (PubMed:17517600). Transfers D-xylose from UDP-D-xylose to specific serine residues of the core protein (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 14 family. XylT subfamily.
Sequence
MVASARVQKLVRRYKLAIATALAILLLQGLVVWSFSGLEEDEPGEKGRQRKPRPLDPGEGSKDTDSSAGRRGSAGRRHGRWRGRAESPGVPVAKVVRAVTSRQRASRRVPPAPPPEAPGRQNLSGAAAGEALIGAPGFPQHGDTGSVEGAPQPTDNTFTPKCEIVGKDALSALARASTKQCQQEIANVVCLHQAGNLMPKSVPRHCQLAGKMSPGVQWEEIRAQQPVGGPPVRIAYMLVVHGRAIRQLKRLLKAVYHEQHFFYIHVDKRSNYLYREVVELAQHYENVRVTPWRMVTIWGGASLLRMYLRSMKDLLEIPGWTWDFFINLSATDYPTRTNEELVAFLSKNRDKNFLKSHGRDNSRFIKKQGLDRLFHECDSHMWRLGERQIPAGIVVDGGSDWFVLTRSFVEYVVYTDDPLVAQLRQFYTYTLLPAESFFHTVLENSPACASLVDNNLRVTNWNRKLGCKCQYKHIVDWCGCSPNDFKPQDFLRLQQVSRPTFFARKFESTVNQEVLEILDFHLYGSYPPSTPALKAYWENIYDVADGPGGLSDVLLTAYTAFARLSLRHAATAVSPLATAVCRFEPRGLPSSVHLYFYDDHFQGYLVTQAVQPSAQGPAETLEMWLMPQRSLKLLGHSDQASRLQSLEVGTEWDPKERLFRNFGGLLGPLDEPVAMQRWARGPNLTATVVWIDPTYVVATSYDITVDADTEVTQYKPPLSLPLRPGAWTVRLLQFWEPLGETRFLVLPLTFNRKLPLRKDDASWLHAGPPHNEYMEQSFQGLSGILNLPQAEALEEAARRHTELTGSALEAWTDGELSNFWSVAGLCAIGPSACPSLELCRLTSWSSLSPDPKSELGPVKADGRLR