FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
Gene: Dmel\β4GalT7
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\β4GalT7
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
β-4-galactosyltransferase 7
Annotation Symbol
CG11780
Feature Type
FlyBase ID
FBgn0039258
Gene Model Status
Stock Availability
Enzyme Name (EC)
xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase (2.4.1.133)
Gene Summary
β-4-galactosyltransferase 7 (β4GalT7) encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose to the acceptor xylose during the synthesis of the tetrasaccharide linker of the glycosaminoglycan side chain of proteoglycans. The tetrasaccharide linker is common to heparan sulfate and chondoritin sulfate proteoglycans. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-21] (FlyBase Gene Snapshot)
Also Known As

GalT

Key Links
Genomic Location
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
Recombination map
3-86
RefSeq locus
NT_033777 REGION:25023256..25024482
Sequence
Genomic Maps
Other Genome Views
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Function
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations (11 terms)
Molecular Function (3 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (3 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from sequence or structural similarity with UniProtKB:P15291
Biological Process (6 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (4 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (2 terms)
CV Term
Evidence
References
inferred from electronic annotation with InterPro:IPR003859
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN001061327
Cellular Component (2 terms)
Terms Based on Experimental Evidence (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
located_in Golgi membrane
inferred from direct assay
Terms Based on Predictions or Assertions (1 term)
CV Term
Evidence
References
is_active_in Golgi apparatus
inferred from biological aspect of ancestor with PANTHER:PTN001061236
Protein Family (UniProt)
Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 7 family. (Q9VBZ9)
Catalytic Activity (EC/Rhea)
xylosylprotein 4-beta-galactosyltransferase activity
3-O-(beta-D-xylosyl)-L-seryl-[protein] + UDP-alpha-D-galactose = 3-O- (beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-xylosyl)-L-seryl-[protein] + UDP + H(+) (2.4.1.133)
RHEA 15297:
Summaries
Gene Snapshot
β-4-galactosyltransferase 7 (β4GalT7) encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose to the acceptor xylose during the synthesis of the tetrasaccharide linker of the glycosaminoglycan side chain of proteoglycans. The tetrasaccharide linker is common to heparan sulfate and chondoritin sulfate proteoglycans. [Date last reviewed: 2019-03-21]
Gene Group (FlyBase)
UNCLASSIFIED GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES -
This group comprises galactosyltransferases that do not classify under other groups in FlyBase.
Pathway (FlyBase)
CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS -
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) are glycoconjugates that consist of a core protein linked to one or more linear chondroitin sulfate (CS) chains. The chains are composed of alternating glucuronic acid and N-acetylgalactosamine that can be variably O-sulfated. CS synthesis occurs in the Golgi apparatus. It starts with the formation of a tetrasaccharide linker on the core protein followed by the alternating addition of glucuronic acid and N-acetylgalactosamine residues, the latter of which can be O-sulfated. CSPGs are then transported to the plasma membrane. D. melanogaster produces two types of CSPGs: one bearing 4-O-sulfated chondroitin and another with non-sulfated chondroitin. (Adapted from PMID:23774590 and FBrf0228609.)
HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS -
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are glycoconjugates that consist of a core protein linked to one or more linear heparan sulfate (HS) chains. The chains are composed of alternating N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and glucuronic acid or iduronic acid that can be variably N- and O-sulfated. HS synthesis occurs in the Golgi apparatus. It starts with the formation of a tetrasaccharide linker on the core protein followed by the alternating addition of glucuronic acid and N-acetylglucosamine residues. Glucuronic acid can undergo epimerization into iduronic acid, which together with N-acetylglucosamine residues, can be sulfated. HSPGs are then transported to the plasma membrane where they can be processed further by endosulfatases such as Sulf1 that remove sulfate groups from specific sites. (Adapted from FBrf0232460 and FBrf0228609.)
Protein Function (UniProtKB)
Transfers galactose from UDP-D-Galactose (UDP-Gal) to the acceptor xylose residue in the linkage tetrasaccharide region of the glycosaminoglycan side chain of proteoglycans (PubMed:12215432, PubMed:12244071, PubMed:12590131, PubMed:20236943). No activity towards beta-GlcNAc, beta-Glc, beta-Gal, and beta-GalNAc as acceptors (PubMed:12244071, PubMed:12590131).
(UniProt, Q9VBZ9)
Gene Model and Products
Number of Transcripts
1
Number of Unique Polypeptides
1

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Protein Domains (via Pfam)
Isoform displayed:
Pfam protein domains
InterPro name
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Protein Domains (via SMART)
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Structure
Protein 3D structure   (Predicted by AlphaFold)   (AlphaFold entry Q9VBZ9)

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Model Confidence:
  • Very high (pLDDT > 90)
  • Confident (90 > pLDDT > 70)
  • Low (70 > pLDDT > 50)
  • Very low (pLDDT < 50)

AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.

Experimentally Determined Structures
Crossreferences
PDB - An information portal to biological macromolecular structures
Comments on Gene Model

Gene model reviewed during 5.47

Transcript Data
Annotated Transcripts
Name
FlyBase ID
RefSeq ID
Length (nt)
Assoc. CDS (aa)
FBtr0084755
1099
322
Additional Transcript Data and Comments
Reported size (kB)
Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
Polypeptide Data
Annotated Polypeptides
Name
FlyBase ID
Predicted MW (kDa)
Length (aa)
Theoretical pI
UniProt
RefSeq ID
GenBank
Polypeptides with Identical Sequences

There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene

Additional Polypeptide Data and Comments
Reported size (kDa)
Comments
External Data
Crossreferences
PDB - An information portal to biological macromolecular structures
Linkouts
Sequences Consistent with the Gene Model
Mapped Features

Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\β4GalT7 using the Feature Mapper tool.

External Data
Crossreferences
Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.
Linkouts
Expression Data
Testis-specificity index

The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).

3.43

Transcript Expression
RT-PCR
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data

Expression of the beta4GalT7 transcript was detected during all stages of development but was enriched in adults compared to embryos.

Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Polypeptide Expression
mass spectroscopy
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
Additional Descriptive Data
Marker for
 
Subcellular Localization
CV Term
Evidence
References
located_in Golgi membrane
inferred from direct assay
Expression Deduced from Reporters
High-Throughput Expression Data
Associated Tools

JBrowse - Visual display of RNA-Seq signals

View Dmel\β4GalT7 in JBrowse
RNA-Seq by Region - Search RNA-Seq expression levels by exon or genomic region
Reference
See Gelbart and Emmert, 2013 for analysis details and data files for all genes.
Developmental Proteome: Life Cycle
Developmental Proteome: Embryogenesis
External Data and Images
Linkouts
DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns
Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
Images
Alleles, Insertions, Transgenic Constructs, and Aberrations
Classical and Insertion Alleles ( 1 )
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Other relevant insertions
Transgenic Constructs ( 12 )
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Transgenic constructs containing/affecting coding region of β4GalT7
Transgenic constructs containing regulatory region of β4GalT7
Aberrations (Deficiencies and Duplications) ( 0 )
Inferred from experimentation ( 0 )
Inferred from location ( 7 )
Variants
Variant Molecular Consequences
Alleles Representing Disease-Implicated Variants
Phenotypes
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Lethality
Allele
Other Phenotypes
Allele
Phenotype manifest in
Allele
Orthologs
Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Homo sapiens (Human) (9)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
2  
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
1  
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2  
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Model Organism Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Species\Gene Symbol
Score
Best Score
Best Reverse Score
Alignment
Complementation?
Transgene?
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) (8)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Mus musculus (laboratory mouse) (8)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Xenopus tropicalis (Western clawed frog) (13)
7 of 13
Yes
Yes
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
2 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
Yes
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
1 of 13
No
No
Danio rerio (Zebrafish) (10)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
1 of 14
No
No
Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematode, roundworm) (3)
14 of 14
Yes
Yes
2 of 14
No
No
2 of 14
No
No
Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) (2)
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale-cress) (0)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's yeast) (0)
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Fission yeast) (0)
Escherichia coli (enterobacterium) (0)
Other Organism Orthologs (via OrthoDB)
Data provided directly from OrthoDB:β4GalT7. Refer to their site for version information.
Paralogs
Paralogs (via DIOPT v9.1)
Human Disease Associations
FlyBase Human Disease Model Reports
Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations
Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
Allele
Disease
Evidence
References
Potential Models Based on Orthology ( 1 )
Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 1 )
Allele
Disease
Interaction
References
Disease Associations of Human Orthologs (via DIOPT v9.1 and OMIM)
Note that ortholog calls supported by only 1 or 2 algorithms (DIOPT score < 3) are not shown.
Functional Complementation Data
Functional complementation data is computed by FlyBase using a combination of the orthology data obtained from DIOPT and OrthoDB and the allele-level genetic interaction data curated from the literature.
Interactions
Summary of Physical Interactions
Interaction Browsers
Summary of Genetic Interactions
Interaction Browsers

Please look at the allele data for full details of the genetic interactions
Starting gene(s)
Interaction type
Interacting gene(s)
Reference
Starting gene(s)
Interaction type
Interacting gene(s)
Reference
External Data
Linkouts
DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
Pathways
Signaling Pathways (FlyBase)
Metabolic Pathways
External Data
Linkouts
KEGG Pathways - A collection of manually drawn pathway maps representing knowledge of molecular interaction, reaction and relation networks.
Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
Class of Gene
Genomic Location and Detailed Mapping Data
Chromosome (arm)
3R
Recombination map
3-86
Cytogenetic map
Sequence location
FlyBase Computed Cytological Location
Cytogenetic map
Evidence for location
96B16-96B16
Limits computationally determined from genome sequence between P{PZ}ssh01207 and P{lacW}OstStt3j2D9
Experimentally Determined Cytological Location
Cytogenetic map
Notes
References
Experimentally Determined Recombination Data
Location
Left of (cM)
Right of (cM)
Notes
Stocks and Reagents
Stocks (8)
Genomic Clones (13)
 

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cDNA Clones (22)
 

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cDNA clones, fully sequenced
BDGP DGC clones
Other clones
Drosophila Genomics Resource Center cDNA clones

For each fully sequenced cDNA the DGRC maintains various forms of the cDNA (e.g tagged or untagged) in several different host vectors for subsequent cloning and expression in Drosophila and Drosophila cell lines.

cDNA Clones, End Sequenced (ESTs)
BDGP DGC clones
RNAi and Array Information
Linkouts
DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
Antibody Information
Laboratory Generated Antibodies
 
Commercially Available Antibodies
 
Cell Line Information
Publicly Available Cell Lines
 
    Other Stable Cell Lines
     
      Other Comments
      Relationship to Other Genes
      Source for database merge of
      Additional comments

      Source for identity of β4GalT7 CG11780 was sequence comparison ( date:021108 ).

      Nomenclature History
      Source for database identify of

      Source for identity of: β4GalT7 CG11780

      Nomenclature comments
      Etymology
      Synonyms and Secondary IDs (19)
      Datasets (0)
      Study focus (0)
      Experimental Role
      Project
      Project Type
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      Result
      Result Type
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      External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 49 )
      Sequence Crossreferences
      NCBI Gene - Gene integrates information from a wide range of species. A record may include nomenclature, Reference Sequences (RefSeqs), maps, pathways, variations, phenotypes, and links to genome-, phenotype-, and locus-specific resources worldwide.
      GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
      GenBank Protein - A collection of sequences from several sources, including translations from annotated coding regions in GenBank, RefSeq and TPA, as well as records from SwissProt, PIR, PRF, and PDB.
      RefSeq - A comprehensive, integrated, non-redundant, well-annotated set of reference sequences including genomic, transcript, and protein.
      UniProt/GCRP - The gene-centric reference proteome (GCRP) provides a 1:1 mapping between genes and UniProt accessions in which a single 'canonical' isoform represents the product(s) of each protein-coding gene.
      UniProt/Swiss-Prot - Manually annotated and reviewed records of protein sequence and functional information
      Other crossreferences
      AlphaFold DB - AlphaFold provides open access to protein structure predictions for the human proteome and other key proteins of interest, to accelerate scientific research.
      DRscDB - A single-cell RNA-seq resource for data mining and data comparison across species
      EMBL-EBI Single Cell Expression Atlas - Single cell expression across species
      FlyAtlas2 - A Drosophila melanogaster expression atlas with RNA-Seq, miRNA-Seq and sex-specific data
      FlyMine - An integrated database for Drosophila genomics
      KEGG Genes - Molecular building blocks of life in the genomic space.
      MARRVEL_MODEL - MARRVEL (model organism gene)
      PDB - An information portal to biological macromolecular structures
      Linkouts
      Drosophila Genomics Resource Center - Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC) cDNA clones
      DroID - A comprehensive database of gene and protein interactions.
      DRSC - Results frm RNAi screens
      Eukaryotic Promoter Database - A collection of databases of experimentally validated promoters for selected model organisms.
      FlyAtlas - Adult expression by tissue, using Affymetrix Dros2 array
      FlyCyc Genes - Genes from a BioCyc PGDB for Dmel
      Fly-FISH - A database of Drosophila embryo and larvae mRNA localization patterns
      Flygut - An atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut
      FlyMet - A comprehensive tissue-specific metabolomics resource for Drosophila.
      iBeetle-Base - RNAi phenotypes in the red flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
      KEGG Metabolic Pathways - A collection of manually drawn metabolic pathway maps representing knowledge of molecular interaction, reaction and relation networks.
      KEGG Pathways - A collection of manually drawn pathway maps representing knowledge of molecular interaction, reaction and relation networks.
      Reactome - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed pathway database.
      Reactome Metabolic Pathways - An open-source, open access, manually curated and peer-reviewed metabolic pathway database.
      References (51)