The invention relates to a group of high-activity 
glycosyl transferases responsible for 
sugar chain extension and an application of the 
glycosyl transferases. Specifically, the invention provides 
glycosyl transferase and a derivative polypeptide thereof, which can efficiently catalyze the reaction of extending 
sugar chains on the first glycosyl at the C-20 site and the first glycosyl at the C-6 site of a tetracyclic 
triterpenoid substrate. The 
ginsenoside products such asginsenoside Rb1, the 
ginsenoside Rb3, the 
ginsenoside DMGG, the ginsenoside DMGX, the 
gynostemma pentaphyllum 
saponin LXXV, the 
gynostemma pentaphyllum 
saponin XVII, the 
gynostemma pentaphyllum 
saponin XIII, 
gynostemma pentaphyllum saponin IX, notoginsenoside U and the notoginsenoside R1, notoginsenoside R2, notoginsenoside R3, 3-O-beta-(D-xylopyranosyl)-beta-(D-glucopyranosyl)-CK, 20-O-glucosyl 
ginsenoside Rf, Rd-C20-O-Rha, ginsenoside Rg2, and 
ginsenoside Re and the like can be obtained. The glycosyl 
transferase disclosed by the invention can also be applied to construction of artificially synthesized ginsenoside and a plurality of new ginsenosides and derivatives thereof.