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Q01983 · Q01983_PHIVE

Function

function

Polymerizes chitin, a structural polymer of the cell wall and septum, by transferring the sugar moiety of UDP-GlcNAc to the non-reducing end of the growing chitin polymer.

Catalytic activity

GO annotations

all annotationsall molecular functionvirus receptor activitydna bindingrna bindingcytoskeletal motor activitycatalytic activitygtpase activitystructural molecule activitytransporter activitycytoskeletal protein bindinglipid bindingcyclase activityantioxidant activityoxidoreductase activitytransferase activityhydrolase activitylyase activityisomerase activityligase activityprotein tag activitycargo receptor activityhistone bindingprotein folding chaperonetranslation regulator activitynutrient reservoir activityreceptor ligand activitymolecular transducer activitymolecular adaptor activitytoxin activitycell adhesion mediator activitymolecular function regulator activityvirus coreceptor activitycatalytic activity, acting on a proteincatalytic activity, acting on dnacatalytic activity, acting on rnamolecular carrier activitytranscription regulator activitygeneral transcription initiation factor activitymolecular sensor activitymolecular sequestering activityatp-dependent activityother molecular functionall biological processmitotic cell cyclecytokinesiscytoplasmic translationimmune system processmuscle system processcirculatory system processrenal system processrespiratory system processcarbohydrate metabolic processgeneration of precursor metabolites and energydna replicationdna repairdna recombinationchromatin organizationdna-templated transcriptionregulation of dna-templated transcriptiontrna metabolic processprotein foldingprotein glycosylationamino acid metabolic processmodified amino acid metabolic processlipid metabolic processvitamin metabolic processsulfur compound metabolic processintracellular protein transportnucleocytoplasmic transportautophagyinflammatory responsemitochondrion organizationcytoskeleton organizationmicrotubule-based movementperoxisome organizationlysosome organizationchromosome segregationcell adhesionestablishment or maintenance of cell polarityprogrammed cell deathphotosynthesismrna metabolic processsnrna metabolic processvesicle-mediated transportreproductive processdigestive system processsignalingcell differentiationprotein catabolic processextracellular matrix organizationregulatory ncrna-mediated gene silencingtelomere organizationcell junction organizationwound healingribosome biogenesiscilium organizationanatomical structure developmentcell motilitynervous system processendocrine processprotein maturationtransmembrane transportnucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic processhepaticobiliary system processmembrane organizationprotein-containing complex assemblycell wall organization or biogenesisnitrogen cycle metabolic processprotein localization to plasma membranedefense response to other organismdetoxificationmeiotic nuclear divisionmitotic nuclear divisionmitochondrial gene expressioncarbohydrate derivative metabolic processother biological processall cellular componentnuclear chromosomeextracellular regionextracellular spacecell wallnucleusnuclear envelopenucleoplasmchromosomenucleolusmitochondrionlysosomeendosomevacuoleperoxisomeendoplasmic reticulumgolgi apparatuslipid dropletmicrotubule organizing centercytosolribosomecytoskeletonplasma membraneciliumplastidthylakoidexternal encapsulating structureextracellular matrixcytoplasmic vesicleorganelleother cellular component
Cell color indicative of number of GO terms
AspectTerm
Cellular Componentcell septum
Cellular Componentplasma membrane
Molecular Functionchitin synthase activity
Biological Processcell wall organization
Biological Processchitin biosynthetic process

Keywords

Enzyme and pathway databases

Protein family/group databases

    • GT2Glycosyltransferase Family 2

Names & Taxonomy

Protein names

  • Recommended name
    Chitin synthase
  • EC number

Organism names

  • Taxonomic identifier
  • Organism
  • Strain
    • 303A
  • Taxonomic lineage
    Eukaryota > Fungi > Dikarya > Ascomycota > Pezizomycotina > Eurotiomycetes > Chaetothyriomycetidae > Chaetothyriales > Herpotrichiellaceae > Phialophora

Accessions

  • Primary accession
    Q01983

Subcellular Location

Cell membrane
; Multi-pass membrane protein

Keywords

Family & Domains

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the chitin synthase family.

Family and domain databases

Sequence

  • Sequence status
    Fragment
  • Length
    204
  • Mass (Da)
    23,271
  • Last updated
    1996-11-01 v1
  • MD5 Checksum
    3F98E4D10253AE49141C165399A2A9A0
KLTMYNEDEFLFARTMIGVFKNIEYMCNRNTSKTWGKEAWKKIVVSILRDGRAKINPRRRAVLAGLGVYQDGIAKQQVNGKDVTAHIYRYTTQVSLDLKGTQVSLKPRSATPVQLLFCSKEKNQKKINSHRWFFQPFGRVLDPNICVLIDAGTKPGKDSIYQLWPAFDLEPMCGGACGEIKVMLDKGKKLYNPLVATQNFEYKL

Features

Showing features for non-terminal residue.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Non-terminal residue1
Non-terminal residue204

Sequence databases

Nucleotide SequenceProtein SequenceMolecule TypeStatus
L37685
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
AAC41668.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
Genomic DNA

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