UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--peptide N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase GtfA subunit

UniProtKB accession:  A0A0H2URG7

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UniProtKB description:  Required for the polymorphic O-glycosylation of serine-rich repeat protein PsrP. Catalyzes the first step in glycosylation by transferring N-acetylglucosamine from UDP-GlcNAc to serine residues in PsrP (PubMed:24936067, PubMed:28246170). Part of the accessory SecA2/SecY2 system specifically required to export serine-rich repeat cell wall proteins encoded upstream in the same operon (Probable). The GtfA-GtfB complex adds GlcNAc from UDP-GlcNAc to PsrP (experimentally characterized with truncated PsrP-SSR1 constructs); this subunit alone has weak N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase activity that is 10-fold stimulated by GtfB. The complex requires at least a 25 residue-long peptide for activity; the in vitro assay has only been seen to glycosylate Ser residues (PubMed:24936067). The alpha linkage was shown in L.reuteri.