opgH

UniProt ID: Q88D04
Organism: Pseudomonas putida (strain ATCC 47054 / DSM 6125 / CFBP 8728 / NCIMB 11950 / KT2440)
Review Status: DRAFT
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Gene Description

opgH encodes a multi-pass inner-membrane GT2/OpgH-family glucosyltransferase that uses UDP-glucose to build the osmoregulated periplasmic glucan backbone with the periplasmic OpgG partner.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane is the appropriate GO cellular-component term for bacterial inner-membrane OpgH.
Reason: UniProt places OpgH in the cell inner membrane and records multiple transmembrane helices; GOA maps this bacterial inner-membrane location to plasma membrane.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell inner membrane
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
FT TRANSMEM 141..158
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-goa.tsv
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0009250 glucan biosynthetic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000104
MODIFY
Summary: Glucan biosynthesis is correct but should be made specific to osmoregulated periplasmic glucan biosynthesis.
Reason: UniProt and UniPathway specifically place OpgH in osmoregulated periplasmic glucan biosynthesis, and GO provides a specific process term for this pathway.
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
FUNCTION: Involved in the biosynthesis of osmoregulated periplasmic
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
PATHWAY: Glycan metabolism; osmoregulated periplasmic glucan (OPG)
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-goa.tsv
GO:0009250 glucan biosynthetic process
GO:0016758 hexosyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
MODIFY
Summary: Hexosyltransferase activity is correct but less informative than glucosyltransferase activity for OpgH.
Reason: OpgH is a glucans biosynthesis glucosyltransferase in the glycosyltransferase 2 family, so the child term glucosyltransferase activity better captures the transferred sugar.
Proposed replacements: glucosyltransferase activity
Supporting Evidence:
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
RecName: Full=Glucans biosynthesis glucosyltransferase H
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 2 family. OpgH
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-goa.tsv
GO:0016758 hexosyltransferase activity
file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-deep-research-openscientist.md
Using cytoplasmic **UDP-glucose** as the sugar donor, OpgH assembles a Ξ²-linked polyglucose chain at the cytoplasmic face of the inner membrane

Core Functions

UDP-glucose-dependent inner-membrane glucosyltransferase activity that builds the osmoregulated periplasmic glucan backbone.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
    RecName: Full=Glucans biosynthesis glucosyltransferase H
  • file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
    PATHWAY: Glycan metabolism; osmoregulated periplasmic glucan (OPG)
  • file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-uniprot.txt
    SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell inner membrane
  • file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-deep-research-openscientist.md
    OpgH is the backbone-building enzyme of OPG biosynthesis.
  • file:PSEPK/opgH/opgH-deep-research-openscientist.md
    The annotation is confident but inferential.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Does KT2440 OpgH use ACP as a cofactor and produce the same beta-1,2/beta-1,6 OPG product structure inferred from characterized orthologs?

Q: How do OpgH and OpgG interact during KT2440 osmoregulated periplasmic glucan production?

Q: Does KT2440 OpgH retain the E. coli-like FtsZ-sequestration moonlighting role, or should that function be explicitly excluded for this organism?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Assay opgH deletion or depletion strains for osmoregulated periplasmic glucan production under low-osmolarity growth conditions.

Type: targeted genetics and glucan profiling

Experiment: Reconstitute OpgH membrane fractions with candidate UDP-glucose donor and OpgG to measure glucan polymer formation.

Type: in vitro glycosyltransferase assay

Experiment: Test OpgH-FtsZ colocalization and cell-size effects across nutrient conditions in KT2440.

Type: localization and cell-division phenotype assay

Deep Research

OpenScientist

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