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Facts about Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 2.
Involved in the biosynthesis of the carbohydrate moieties of glycolipids and glycoproteins. Inactive towards substrates with terminal alpha-N-acetylglucosamine (alpha-GlcNAc) or alpha-N-acetylgalactosamine (alpha-GalNAc) residues.
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Gene Name: | B3GALT2 |
Uniprot: | O43825 |
Entrez: | 8707 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 31 family |
beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 2; Beta-1,3-GalTase 2; Beta3GalT2; beta-3-galt2; beta3Gal-T2; EC 2.4.1; EC 2.4.1.-; GLCT2; UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,3-galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 2; UDP-galactose:2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose 3beta-galactosyltransferase 2
Mass (kDA):
49.213 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q31.2 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (193178730..193186613, complement) |
Detected in heart and brain.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 9417100 by Kolbinger F., et al. Cloning of a human UDP-galactose:2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose 3beta- galactosyltransferase catalyzing the formation of type 1 chains.
PMID: 9582303 by Amado M., et al. A family of human beta3-galactosyltransferases. Characterization of four members of a UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetyl-glucosamine/beta-N- acetyl-galactosamine beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase family.