26QF | pdb_000026qf

Cryo-EM structure of human Ceramide glucosyltransferase UGCG

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb26QF/pdb
• EM Map EMD-80823: EMDB EMDataResource

• Classification: TRANSFERASE
• Organism(s): Homo sapiens
• Expression System: Homo sapiens
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2026-05-11 Released: 2026-09-02 
• Deposition Author(s): Wu, C., Jin, S., Xu, J., Wang, J.J., Guo, X., Li, Y., Cao, Z., Jiang, M., Yuan, Q., Hu, W., Li, C., Xu, Y., Wang, M.W., Jiang, Y., Xu, H.E.
• Funding Organization(s): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.22 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

Literature

Primate-specific regulation of the human glycosphingolipid gatekeeper UGCG

Wu, C., Jin, S., Xu, J., Wang, J.J., Guo, X., Li, Y., Cao, Z., Jiang, M., Yuan, Q., Hu, W., Li, C., Xu, Y., Wang, M.W., Jiang, Y., Xu, H.E.

(2026) Nature 

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10927-4

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors.

Biological Assembly Evidence: electron microscopy

Macromolecule Content 

• Total Structure Weight: 44.9 kDa 
• Atom Count: 3,030 
• Modeled Residue Count: 378 
• Deposited Residue Count: 394 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Ceramide glucosyltransferase	A	394	Homo sapiens	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: UGCG EC: 2.4.1.80
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q16739 (Homo sapiens) Explore Q16739  Go to UniProtKB:  Q16739
PHAROS:  Q16739 GTEx:  ENSG00000148154

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
• Resolution: 3.22 Å
• Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
• Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

EM Software:

Task	Software Package	Version
MODEL REFINEMENT	PHENIX	1.17.1_3660
RECONSTRUCTION	cryoSPARC

Structure Validation

Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2026-09-02 
Deposition Author(s): Wu, C., Jin, S., Xu, J., Wang, J.J., Guo, X., Li, Y., Cao, Z., Jiang, M., Yuan, Q., Hu, W., Li, C., Xu, Y., Wang, M.W., Jiang, Y., Xu, H.E.

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Funding Organization	Location	Grant Number
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)	China	--

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2026-09-02
  Type: Initial release