ALG3

UniProt ID: Q92685
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

ALG3 is a multipass endoplasmic reticulum membrane glycosyltransferase that initiates the lumenal extension of the lipid-linked N-glycan precursor. It transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate-mannose to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol in an alpha-1,3 linkage, forming Man6GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol. This sixth-mannose addition builds the precursor used in protein N-linked glycosylation. Biallelic pathogenic variants cause ALG3 congenital disorder of glycosylation, with accumulation of truncated precursors and abnormal protein glycosylation. Human cells also express processed ALG3 species and interacting forms whose additional functions remain less well defined.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The inherited ER location matches the compartment of ALG3 precursor synthesis.
Reason: PAINT places ER localization at PTN000291297. Human ALG3 membrane-associated reaction evidence and the protected UniProt location support this ancestral assertion. Retain the organelle resolution of the source; the more specific membrane and lumenal-face assertions describe the same core site and do not make the broad location non-core.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000291297 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The cached PTHR12646 PAINT table places ER localization at this IBD node. Human ALG3 membrane biology supports the inherited organelle assertion.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
GO:0009101 glycoprotein biosynthetic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: ALG3 performs a glycan-precursor synthesis step used in glycoprotein biosynthesis.
Reason: The PTN000291297 glycoprotein-biosynthesis assertion is supported by the human enzyme reaction and abnormal glycoprotein glycans in ALG3 deficiency. The gene product performs mannose transfer during precursor assembly, so its participation is more than a phenotype of necessity. The broad process remains valid core biology at the PAINT resolution.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000291297 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The cached PTHR12646 IBD assigns glycoprotein biosynthesis to this node. Human ALG3 catalyzes precursor assembly, supporting the inherited role at this broad process resolution.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
N-glycosylation is abnormal because of the transfer of truncated oligosaccharides in addition to that of full-length oligosaccharides and because of the incomplete utilization of N-glycosylation sites.
GO:0052925 dol-P-Man:Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The PAINT activity identifies the specific inherited ALG3 mannose-transfer reaction.
Reason: PTN000291297 carries the donor/acceptor-specific activity. Human fibroblast membrane assays and human cDNA complementation of yeast alg3 support the conserved enzyme identity. The human target contributing experimental evidence to the ancestral inference is legitimate, not circular.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000291297 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The cached PTHR12646 IBD assigns the specific reaction to this node. Human target evidence supports inheritance; its presence among descendant experimental evidence is legitimate.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
The mannosyltransferase is the structural and functional orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ALG3 gene.
GO:0000030 mannosyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: The InterPro mannosyltransferase assertion can be resolved to the specific human reaction.
Reason: InterPro:IPR007873 supports the ALG3-family mannosyltransferase assignment. Human functional evidence additionally identifies the Dol-P-Man donor, Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol acceptor and alpha-1,3 linkage. Refine the broad MF to GO:0052925 for this target without claiming that the family mapping itself proves every descendant substrate.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
InterPro:IPR007873 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The family mapping supplies true broad mannosyltransferase activity. Independent human reaction evidence supports a target-specific MF refinement without making the source a wrong-family assignment.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
Belongs to the glycosyltransferase ALG3 family.
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: The UniProt mapping places ALG3 in the ER membrane.
Reason: UniProtKB-SubCell:SL-0097 maps the curated ER-membrane location. The membrane-associated lipid-linked reaction and human ALG3 topology agree with this source, with no demonstrated location-mapping defect.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
UniProtKB-SubCell:SL-0097 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The mapped ER-membrane location agrees with the protected human record and membrane reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
GO:0006487 protein N-linked glycosylation
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ALG3 catalyzes precursor assembly within protein N-linked glycosylation.
Reason: ARBA:ARBA00085866 supplies the seeded electronic process assertion. The cached rule catalog identifies this output, although the precise historical condition that matched ALG3 was not recovered. Independent human donor/acceptor assays and glycan profiles support the target process: ALG3 makes the lipid-linked precursor used for N-glycosylation.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
ARBA:ARBA00085866 UNRESOLVED
The seeded rule ID and GO:0006487 output occur in the local catalog. The exact historical ALG3-matching condition was not recovered; independently verified human chemistry supports the target process, so no rule failure is inferred.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
N-glycosylation is abnormal because of the transfer of truncated oligosaccharides in addition to that of full-length oligosaccharides and because of the incomplete utilization of N-glycosylation sites.
GO:0052925 dol-P-Man:Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: The combined Rhea/EC mapping identifies the exact ALG3 catalytic reaction.
Reason: RHEA:29527 and EC:2.4.1.258 specify Dol-P-Man-dependent addition to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol. The protected human catalytic record and original functional experiments agree with GO:0052925.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
RHEA:29527 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
This source identifies the Dol-P-Man-dependent transfer to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol in the protected human catalytic record.
EC:2.4.1.258 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
This source identifies the Dol-P-Man-dependent transfer to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol in the protected human catalytic record.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
EC=2.4.1.258
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21516116
Next-generation sequencing to generate interactome datasets.
REMOVE
Summary: Stitch-seq provides experimentally retested binary interaction evidence.
Reason: The study combines pooled sequencing with pairwise yeast two-hybrid retesting. Preserve the curated interaction evidence, but remove the uninformative protein-binding term under the review policy. The inspected evidence does not resolve an additional specific ALG3 molecular function; this decision does not declare the reported pair false or discard it because of study size.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21516116
We experimentally retested by pairwise Y2H all sISTs starting from fresh yeast transformants stored in our collection
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25910212
Widespread macromolecular interaction perturbations in human...
REMOVE
Summary: The disease-variant study profiles human molecular interactions.
Reason: The paper functionally profiles missense variants using interaction assays. Its locally extracted full text is partial, and the exact ALG3 pair-level experiment was not independently recovered. Remove the generic protein-binding term for its lack of functional specificity while retaining the IPI provenance and uncertainty about the uninspected assay details; this is not a finding that the interaction is incorrect.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25910212
Here we functionally profile several thousand missense mutations across a spectrum of Mendelian disorders using various interaction assays.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:29547901
Molecular partners of hNOT/ALG3, the human counterpart of th...
REMOVE
Summary: The dedicated ALG3 study reports homodimers and interactions with several cellular partners.
Reason: The cached abstract reports Y2H interactions, ALG3 homodimers, and in vivo interactions with OSBP, OSBPL9, LRP1, SYPL1 and CREB3. It distinguishes binding to the CREB3 precursor from binding to its proteolytic products. These interactions do not resolve an ALG3 protease or adaptor molecular function. Remove the generic protein-binding term for lack of functional specificity while preserving the positive interaction results. A separate CREB3-activation process assertion would require resolving the work performed by ALG3.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29547901
We disclose the building of hNOT/ALG3 homodimers
PMID:29547901
its in vivo interaction with the functionally linked proteins OSBP, OSBPL9 and LRP1, the SYPL1 protein and the transcription factor CREB3
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:31515488
Extensive disruption of protein interactions by genetic vari...
REMOVE
Summary: The variant-interaction map includes yeast two-hybrid assays and orthogonal validation of a subset.
Reason: PMID:31515488 experimentally tests the effects of missense variants on protein interactions. Its PCA retesting supports study quality, without demonstrating that the specific ALG3 pair was among that subset. Remove the uninformative generic MF while preserving the curated interaction and source; study scale is not a reason to call a binding result false.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:31515488
our PCA retest demonstrated the reproducibility and validated the quality of our Y2H-generated SNV-interaction network
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32296183
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
REMOVE
Summary: HuRI records binary interactions through repeated yeast two-hybrid screens.
Reason: The source uses three Y2H assay versions, repeated screens, pairwise retesting and sequence confirmation. These support experimentally assessed interaction data; the generic protein-binding term still does not identify a specific ALG3 molecular function. Remove that term without denying the partners or assuming every ALG3 interaction was individually validated in an orthogonal assay.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32296183
We screened this search space a total of nine times with a panel of three Y2H assay versions
GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-446193
ACCEPT
Summary: ALG3 adds the sixth mannose during dolichol-linked oligosaccharide assembly.
Reason: The Reactome parent pathway contains the ALG3 transfer event R-HSA-446188. Human microsomal donor/acceptor experiments identify the blocked reaction, and human cDNA complementation restores precursor extension in yeast. ALG3 directly performs this biosynthetic step.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
The sixth mannose is added to the N-glycan precursor.
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
The defect results in the accumulation of the LLO intermediate and, due to its leaky nature, a residual formation of full-length LLOs.
GO:0098553 lumenal side of endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IC
PMID:10581255
Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IV: defici...
ACCEPT
Summary: ALG3 performs its donor-dependent reaction at the lumenal face of the ER membrane.
Reason: This IC assertion is a curator inference from the lipid-linked pathway topology and the Dol-P-Man-dependent extension step, not a direct imaging result claimed from the abstract. The same evidence is explicitly represented in GO-CAM 65c57c3400000687, activity 65d7e4ac00000326, with GO:0052925, GO:0098553 and GO:0006488. Reactome independently records the reaction compartment.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
IDA
PMID:10581255
Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IV: defici...
ACCEPT
Summary: The human ALG3 reaction is associated with the ER membrane.
Reason: The original full paper measures transferase activity in fibroblast microsomal extracts and discusses the multipass sequence and C-terminal ER retrieval motif. Together with the curated human membrane location this supports the seeded IDA compartment. The recovered assay is not purified human protein or an independently identified microscopy experiment, and those methods are not attributed to the source.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
GO:0006487 protein N-linked glycosylation
IDA
PMID:10581255
Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IV: defici...
ACCEPT
Summary: Human ALG3 deficiency changes the glycans transferred onto proteins.
Reason: The original study measures both lipid-linked precursors and protein-linked glycans, finding truncated chains and incomplete site occupancy. Its donor/acceptor assays and cDNA complementation identify ALG3 as the enzyme supplying a precursor-assembly step of protein N-linked glycosylation, rather than merely a protein whose phenotype correlates with glycosylation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
N-glycosylation is abnormal because of the transfer of truncated oligosaccharides in addition to that of full-length oligosaccharides and because of the incomplete utilization of N-glycosylation sites.
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
IDA
PMID:10581255
Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IV: defici...
ACCEPT
Summary: Human biochemical experiments place ALG3 in lipid-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis.
Reason: Patient cells accumulate Man5 precursor and show defective Dol-P-Man-dependent transfer in microsomal assays; normal human ALG3 cDNA complements yeast alg3. Residual complete precursors remain detectable, so the disease allele is leaky rather than a universal complete block.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
The defect results in the accumulation of the LLO intermediate and, due to its leaky nature, a residual formation of full-length LLOs.
PMID:10581255
The mannosyltransferase is the structural and functional orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ALG3 gene.
GO:0052925 dol-P-Man:Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-Dol alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase activity
IDA
PMID:10581255
Carbohydrate deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IV: defici...
ACCEPT
Summary: Human biochemical and complementation evidence identifies the specific ALG3 transferase.
Reason: The cached human study identifies the enzyme transferring mannose from Dol-P-Man to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol and establishes structural and functional orthology to yeast ALG3. The protected human UniProt reaction specifies the alpha-1,3 linkage. These findings support the precise catalytic assignment. The reported leaky defect leaves residual full-length precursors; it does not establish complete loss of activity or purified-human-enzyme kinetics.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
The defect results in the accumulation of the LLO intermediate and, due to its leaky nature, a residual formation of full-length LLOs.
GO:0000033 alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
MODIFY
Summary: The normal Reactome event resolves the donor and acceptor beyond the broad linkage-specific MF.
Reason: R-HSA-446188 describes sixth-mannose addition using Dol-P-Man. Refine the true alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase assertion to the established substrate-specific GO:0052925; this preserves the activity category and expresses the known human chemistry.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
The sixth mannose is added to the N-glycan precursor.
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
GO:0000033 alpha-1,3-mannosyltransferase activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4720473
MODIFY
Summary: The disease event identifies the normal ALG3 reaction that pathogenic variants impair.
Reason: R-HSA-4720473 first describes normal sixth-mannose transfer before the defective-variant context. Refine the broad MF to the resolved normal reaction GO:0052925. This gene-level assignment does not claim that every disease variant retains normal activity; the original disease-event source and the leaky G118D evidence are preserved.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-4720473
adds the sixth mannose (although the first to be derived from dolichyl-phosphate-mannose, DOLPman)
PMID:10581255
the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
PMID:10581255
The defect results in the accumulation of the LLO intermediate and, due to its leaky nature, a residual formation of full-length LLOs.
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-4720473
ACCEPT
Summary: The disease reaction retains the ER-membrane compartment of ALG3.
Reason: The event describes defective ALG3 in the normal membrane reaction context, consistent with the human location and lipid-linked donor/acceptor chemistry. It is not treated as a direct localization assay for each listed pathogenic variant.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
ACCEPT
Summary: The normal Reactome mannose-transfer reaction acts at the ER membrane.
Reason: R-HSA-446188 specifies a lumenal reaction using a lipid-linked donor, and the protected human record specifies ER membrane. Retain the source membrane resolution alongside the separate lumenal-side annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ALG3/ALG3-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Reactome:R-HSA-446188
This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.

Core Functions

Transfers mannose from Dol-P-Man to Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol in an alpha-1,3 linkage at the lumenal face of the ER membrane, producing the Man6 intermediate during assembly of the lipid-linked precursor used for protein N-linked glycosylation.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:10581255
    the mannosyltransferase that transfers mannose from dolichyl-phosphate mannose on to the lipid-linked oligosaccharide (LLO) intermediate Man(5)GlcNAc(2)-PP-dolichol
  • Reactome:R-HSA-446188
    The sixth mannose is added to the N-glycan precursor.
  • Reactome:R-HSA-446188
    This reaction occurs in the ER lumen and uses a different mannose donor (dolichyl-phosphate-mannose) than the previous steps.
  • PMID:10581255
    N-glycosylation is abnormal because of the transfer of truncated oligosaccharides in addition to that of full-length oligosaccharides and because of the incomplete utilization of N-glycosylation sites.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Which ALG3 processed species retain mannose-transfer activity, and what experimentally defined activities do the cytosolic and nuclear species perform?

Suggested experts: ALG3 biochemistry and protein-processing specialists

Q: Does ALG3 binding to CREB3 directly facilitate its proteolytic activation through a separable molecular function, or does the effect depend on glycosylation and trafficking of the precursor?

Suggested experts: CREB3 and ER protein-quality-control specialists

Q: How does AKT phosphorylation of human ALG3 at Ser11/Ser13 change the kinetics or substrate recognition of the purified transferase?

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