UniProt functional annotation for P53178

UniProt code: P53178.

Organism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) (Baker's yeast).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Fungi; Dikarya; Ascomycota; Saccharomycotina; Saccharomycetes; Saccharomycetales; Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomyces.
 
Function: Involved in protein N-glycosylation. Essential for the second step of the dolichol-linked oligosaccharide pathway. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15615718, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16100110}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphosphodolichol + UDP-N- acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine = H(+) + N,N'-diacetylchitobiosyl diphosphodolichol + UDP; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:23380, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9519, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:9520, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:57269, ChEBI:CHEBI:57705, ChEBI:CHEBI:58223, ChEBI:CHEBI:58427; EC=2.4.1.141;
Subunit: Heterodimer with ALG14 to form a functional enzyme.
Subcellular location: Endoplasmic reticulum {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14562095, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16100110}.
Miscellaneous: Present with 1950 molecules/cell in log phase SD medium. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14562106}.
Similarity: Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 28 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.