title: Unraveling the functions of glycosyltransferase family 47 in plants.
abstract: The function of glycosyltransferases (GTs) from family GT47 was first identified in animal exostosins as beta-glucuronyltransferase involved in the synthesis of heparan sulfate. Two recent papers report the functions of two plant members in this family as a pectin beta-glucuronyltransferase and a xyloglucan beta-galactosyltransferase. These findings greatly extend our understanding of the biological functions of family GT47 and also represent an important leap toward the molecular dissection of cell wall biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
authors.forename: Ruiqin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Zheng-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005700:Galactosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005936:Glucans / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics; D010368:Pectins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014990:Xylans / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014990:Xylans; C029353:xyloglucan; D010368:Pectins; D016695:Glycosyltransferases; D005700:Galactosyltransferases; C478982:MUR3 protein, Arabidopsis; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase