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colanic acid biosynthesis galactosyltransferase WcaC

Summary

Gene Symbol

wcaC

Organism

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

External Links

NCBI Gene: 946579
KEGG Gene ID: eco:b2057
PubChem: 946579

Annotation

Keyword

Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Reference proteome
Transferase

Proteins

Displaying 1 entry
UniProt	Protein Name
P71237

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process	IEA
colanic acid biosynthetic process	IGC	8759852
slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process	IEA

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

primary metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

liposaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

lipid metabolic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

liposaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

macromolecule metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

lipopolysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

colanic acid metabolic process [inference]

colanic acid biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative metabolic process [inference]

colanic acid metabolic process [inference]

colanic acid biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

liposaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

lipid biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate derivative biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular process [inference]

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

colanic acid biosynthetic process

cellular component organization or biogenesis [inference]

cellular component organization [inference]

external encapsulating structure organization [inference]

slime layer organization [inference]

slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
transferase activity	IEA
glycosyltransferase activity	IEA
UDP-galactosyltransferase activity	IDA	30821147

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

transferase activity

glycosyltransferase activity

UDP-glycosyltransferase activity [inference]

UDP-galactosyltransferase activity

hexosyltransferase activity [inference]

galactosyltransferase activity [inference]

UDP-galactosyltransferase activity

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K13684

Name

putative colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaC [EC:2.4.-.-]

References

8759852

LIPID MAPS Gene / Proteome Database

LMPD ID: LMP007641
Gene Name: putative glycosyl transferase

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: December 8, 2025

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