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Facts about Lactosylceramide 1,3-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyltransferase.
Probably plays a central role in regulating neolacto-series glycolipid synthesis during embryonic development. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | B3GNT5 |
Uniprot: | Q9BYG0 |
Entrez: | 84002 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 31 family |
B3GN-T5; beta 1,3 N-acetyglucosaminyltransferase Lc3 synthase; beta-1,3-Gn-T5; Beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5; beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase bGnT-5; beta3Gn-T5; BGnT-5; EC 2.4.1; EC 2.4.1.-; Lactotriaosylceramide synthase; Lc(3)Cer synthase; Lc3 synthase; UDP-GlcNAc:betaGal beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 5
Mass (kDA):
44.053 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3q27.1 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (183253207..183273391) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in lung, colon, placenta, testis, pituitary gland and cerebellum. Weakly expressed in brain, liver, spleen, lymph node and thymus.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 11283017 by Togayachi A., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of UDP-GlcNAc:lactosylceramide beta 1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (beta 3Gn-T5), an essential enzyme for the expression of HNK-1 and Lewis X epitopes on glycolipids.
PMID: 11384981 by Henion T.R., et al. Cloning of a mouse beta 1,3 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase GlcNAc(beta 1,3)Gal(beta 1,4)Glc-ceramide synthase gene encoding the key regulator of lacto-series glycolipid biosynthesis.