B4GALNT1

B4GALNT1
Identifiers
Aliases B4GALNT1, GALGT, GALNACT, GalNAc-T, SPG26, beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyltransferase 1
External IDs MGI: 1342057 HomoloGene: 1133 GeneCards: B4GALNT1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2583

14421

Ensembl

ENSG00000135454

ENSMUSG00000006731

UniProt

Q00973

Q09200

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001276468
NM_001276469
NM_001478

NM_001244617
NM_001244618
NM_008080
NM_027739

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001263397.1
NP_001263398.1
NP_001469.1

NP_032106.1
NP_082015.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 57.62 – 57.63 Mb Chr 10: 127.17 – 127.17 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the B4GALNT1 gene.[3][4]

GM2 and GD2 gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids. GalNAc-T is the enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of G(M2) and G(D2) glycosphingolipids. GalNAc-T catalyzes the transfer of GalNAc into G(M3) and G(D3) by a beta-1,4 linkage, resulting in the synthesis of G(M2) and G(D2), respectively.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Nagata Y, Yamashiro S, Yodoi J, Lloyd KO, Shiku H, Furukawa K (Jul 1992). "Expression cloning of beta 1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase cDNAs that determine the expression of GM2 and GD2 gangliosides". J Biol Chem. 267 (17): 12082–9. PMID 1601877.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: B4GALNT1 beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyl transferase 1".

Further reading


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