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Facts about Histo-blood group ABO system transferase.
A, B, and AB individuals express a glycosyltransferase activity that converts the H antigen to the A antigen (by addition of UDP-GalNAc) or to the B antigen (by addition of UDP-Gal), whereas O individuals lack such activity. .
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Gene Name: | ABO |
Uniprot: | P16442 |
Entrez: | 28 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 6 family |
A transferase; A3GALNT; A3GALT1; ABO blood group (transferase A, alpha 1-3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase;transferase B, alpha 1-3-galactosyltransferase); ABO glycosyltransferase; B transferase; B(A) alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase; EC 2.4.1.37; EC 2.4.1.40; Fucosylglycoprotein 3-alpha-galactosyltransferase; Fucosylglycoprotein alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase; Glycoprotein-fucosylgalactoside alpha-galactosyltransferase; Glycoprotein-fucosylgalactoside alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase; GTB; Histo-blood group A transferase; histo-blood group A2 transferase; histo-blood group AB
Mass (kDA):
40.934 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 9q34.2 |
Sequence: | 9; NC_000009.12 (133250401..133275201, complement) |
Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Secreted. Membrane-bound form in trans cisternae of Golgi. Secreted into the body fluid.
PMID: 2104828 by Yamamoto F., et al. Cloning and characterization of DNA complementary to human UDP- GalNAc: Fuc alpha 1-->2Gal alpha 1-->3GalNAc transferase (histo-blood group A transferase) mRNA.
PMID: 2333095 by Yamamoto F., et al. Molecular genetic basis of the histo-blood group ABO system.