InterPro domain: IPR009695

This entry represents a conserved region of approximately 180 residues found towards the N terminus of a number of glycosyltransferases, such as plant chloroplastic monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases [ 1 ] and bacterial diacylglycerol glucosyltransferases [ 2 ].

1. Two types of MGDG synthase genes, found widely in both 16:3 and 18:3 plants, differentially mediate galactolipid syntheses in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98, 10960-5
2. Genes required for glycolipid synthesis and lipoteichoic acid anchoring in Staphylococcus aureus. J. Bacteriol. 189, 2521-30