Essential subunit of N-oligosaccharyl transferase enzyme which catalyzes the transfer of a high mannose oligosaccharide to an asparagine residue within an Asn-X-Ser/Thr consensus motif in nascent polypeptide chains.
Specificity
Natural and recombinant Mouse Dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide--protein glycosyltransferase 48 kDa subunit
Subcellular Location
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane Single-pass type I membrane protein
Component of the oligosaccharyltransferase (OST) complex. OST seems to exist in different forms which contain at least RPN1, RPN2, OST48, DAD1, OSTC, KRTCAP2 and either STT3A or STT3B. OST can form stable complexes with the Sec61 complex or with both the Sec61 and TRAP complexes even after release from the ribosome.