NCBI Accession #
NP_201470.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_126067.3
NCBI Official Full Name
UDP-Glycosyltransferase superfamily protein
NCBI Official Symbol
UGT72E2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
MSN2.8; MSN2_8
NCBI Protein Information
UDP-Glycosyltransferase superfamily protein
NCBI Summary
UGT72E2 is an UDPG:coniferyl alcohol glucosyltransferase which glucosylates sinapyl- and coniferyl aldehydes as well as sinapyl- and coniferyl alcohol. The enzyme is thought to be involved in lignin metabolism. A knockdown mutant line (72E2KD) was obtained using RNAi silencing. A twofold reduction in coniferyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside and sinapyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside was detected in this line compared to wildtype. In comparison, both knockout and knockdown lines of UGT72E1 and UGT72E3, respectively, failed to display the same reduction in phenylpropanoid 4-O-glucosides.
UniProt Gene Name
UGT72E2
UniProt Protein Name
UDP-glycosyltransferase 72E2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Hydroxycinnamate 4-beta-glucosyltransferase (EC:2.4.1.126)
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9LVR1
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q8LEG2
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9LVR1
UniProt Comments
Involved in the O-glucosylation of monolignols (alcohol monomers of lignin). Glucosylates conyferyl and sinapyl alcohols to coniferyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside and sinapyl alcohol 4-O-glucoside, respectively. Glucosylates conyferyl and sinapyl aldehydes. Possesses low activity with sinapate and ferulate as substrates.