STT3B Antibody - #DF12327

Catalytic subunit of the oligosaccharyl transferase (OST) complex that catalyzes the initial transfer of a defined glycan (Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2) in eukaryotes) from the lipid carrier dolichol-pyrophosphate to an asparagine residue within an Asn-X-Ser/Thr consensus motif in nascent polypeptide chains, the first step in protein N-glycosylation. N-glycosylation occurs cotranslationally and the complex associates with the Sec61 complex at the channel-forming translocon complex that mediates protein translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). All subunits are required for a maximal enzyme activity. This subunit contains the active site and the acceptor peptide and donor lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) binding pockets (By similarity). STT3B is present in a small subset of OST complexes and mediates both cotranslational and post-translational N-glycosylation of target proteins: STT3B-containing complexes are required for efficient post-translational glycosylation and while they are less competent than STT3A-containing complexes for cotranslational glycosylation, they have the ability to mediate glycosylation of some nascent sites that are not accessible for STT3A. STT3B-containing complexes also act post-translationally and mediate modification of skipped glycosylation sites in unfolded proteins. Plays a role in ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway that mediates ubiquitin-dependent degradation of misfolded endoplasmic reticulum proteins by mediating N-glycosylation of unfolded proteins, which are then recognized by the ERAD pathway and targeted for degradation. Mediates glycosylation of the disease variant AMYL-TTR 'Asp-38' of TTR at 'Asn-118', leading to its degradation.

Endoplasmic reticulum. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane>Multi-pass membrane protein.

Expressed in heart, brain, placenta, lung, liver, muscle, kidney and pancreas. Expressed in skin fibroblasts (at protein level).

Component of the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) complex. OST exists in two different complex forms which contain common core subunits RPN1, RPN2, OST48, OST4, DAD1 and TMEM258, either STT3A or STT3B as catalytic subunits, and form-specific accessory subunits. OST can form stable complexes with the Sec61 complex or with both the Sec61 and TRAP complexes (By similarity).

Despite low primary sequence conservation between eukaryotic catalytic subunits and bacterial and archaeal single subunit OSTs (ssOST), structural comparison revealed several common motifs at spatially equivalent positions, like the DXD motif 1 on the external loop 1 and the DXD motif 2 on the external loop 2 involved in binding of the metal ion cofactor and the carboxamide group of the acceptor asparagine, the conserved Glu residue of the TIXE/SVSE motif on the external loop 5 involved in catalysis, as well as the WWDYG and the DK/MI motifs in the globular domain that define the binding pocket for the +2 Ser/Thr of the acceptor sequon. In bacterial ssOSTs, an Arg residue was found to interact with a negatively charged side chain at the -2 position of the sequon. This Arg is conserved in bacterial enzymes and correlates with an extended sequon requirement (Asp-X-Asn-X-Ser/Thr) for bacterial N-glycosylation.

Belongs to the STT3 family.