GGT6 (gene)

GGT6
Identifiers
Aliases GGT6
External IDs MGI: 1918772 HomoloGene: 51918 GeneCards: GGT6
EC number 3.4.19.13
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

124975

71522

Ensembl

ENSG00000167741

ENSMUSG00000040471

UniProt

Q6P531

Q6PDE7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_153338
NM_001122890
NM_001288702
NM_001288703
NM_001288704

NM_027819

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001116362.1
NP_001275631.1
NP_001275632.1
NP_001275633.1
NP_699169.2

NP_082095.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 4.56 – 4.56 Mb Chr 11: 72.44 – 72.44 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Gamma-glutamyltransferase 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GGT6 gene. [3]

Function

GGT6 belongs to the gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT; EC 2.3.2.2) gene family. GGT is a membrane-bound extracellular enzyme that cleaves gamma-glutamyl peptide bonds in glutathione and other peptides and transfers the gamma-glutamyl moiety to acceptors. GGT is also key to glutathione homeostasis because it provides substrates for glutathione synthesis (Heisterkamp et al., 2008 [PubMed 18357469]).

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ "Entrez Gene: Gamma-glutamyltransferase 6". Retrieved 2016-03-11.

Further reading

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