Endoplasmic reticulum . Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein .
Tissue Expression
Expressed in all tissues tested.
Signaling_pathway
Genetic Information Processing >> Folding, sorting and degradation >> Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum
Research Areas
Function
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.