Members of this family belong to Glycosyltransferase family 25 [1] This is a family of glycosyltransferases involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis. These enzymes catalyse the transfer of various sugars onto the growing LPS chain during its biosynthesis.

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