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chitin synthase

Summary

Gene Symbol

VDAG_10179

Organism

Verticillium dahliae VdLs.17

External Links

NCBI Gene: 20711642
KEGG Gene ID: vda:VDAG_10179
PubChem: 20711642

Annotation

Keyword

Cell membrane
Glycoprotein
Glycosyltransferase
Reference proteome
Transmembrane helix
Virulence

Proteins

Displaying 1 entry
UniProt	Protein Name
G2XJ47	Chitin-UDP acetyl-glucosaminyl transferase 2 Class-II chitin synthase 2

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 2** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
chitin biosynthetic process
mitotic actomyosin contractile ring contraction

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

nitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

organonitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

chitin metabolic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

amino sugar biosynthetic process [inference]

glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

macromolecule metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

chitin metabolic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

chitin metabolic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

amino sugar metabolic process [inference]

amino sugar biosynthetic process [inference]

glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

glucosamine-containing compound metabolic process [inference]

chitin metabolic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

amino sugar biosynthetic process [inference]

glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan metabolic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

chitin metabolic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

amino sugar biosynthetic process [inference]

glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

cellular process [inference]

cell cycle process [inference]

cytokinetic process [inference]

contractile ring contraction [inference]

actomyosin contractile ring contraction [inference]

mitotic actomyosin contractile ring contraction

mitotic cytokinetic process [inference]

mitotic actomyosin contractile ring contraction

mitotic cell cycle process [inference]

mitotic cytokinetic process [inference]

mitotic actomyosin contractile ring contraction

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

aminoglycan biosynthetic process [inference]

chitin biosynthetic process

Displaying **all 4** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
plasma membrane
cellular bud neck
cell septum	IEA	30032202
cell periphery	IEA	30032202

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

membrane [inference]

plasma membrane

site of polarized growth [inference]

cellular bud neck

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
chitin synthase activity	IEA	22301074 30032202

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

transferase activity [inference]

glycosyltransferase activity [inference]

UDP-glycosyltransferase activity [inference]

acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity [inference]

chitin synthase activity

hexosyltransferase activity [inference]

acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity [inference]

chitin synthase activity

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

OrthoDB (Group)

Group level

Eukaryota

Group Name

Chitin synthase A

Functional Category

G: Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
N: Cell motility
T: Signal transduction mechanisms

Displaying **all 5** entries
Gene Ontology
cell wall chitin biosynthetic process
chitin biosynthetic process
chitin synthase activity
hexosyltransferase activity
transferase activity

Displaying **all 4** entries
InterPro
Chitin synthase N-terminal
Chitin synthase
Fungal chitin synthase
Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K00698

Name

chitin synthase [EC:2.4.1.16]

References

16098962

Reactions

Displaying 1 entry
KEGG Reaction	Enzyme	Acceptor	Product
R06028	2.4.1.16	G97099AY	G97099AY

Rhea

RHEA:16637

UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine

H⁺ + UDP

Enzyme

2.4.1.16

PMID

International Collaboration

GlyCosmos is a member of the GlySpace Alliance together with GlyGen and Glycomics@ExPASy.

Acknowledgements

Supported by JST NBDC Grant Number JPMJND2204

Partly supported by NIH Common Fund Grant #1U01GM125267-01

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Last updated: April 6, 2026

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