B4GALT3

B4GALT3
Identifiers
Aliases B4GALT3, beta4Gal-T3, beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 3
External IDs MGI: 1928767 HomoloGene: 48241 GeneCards: B4GALT3
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

8703

57370

Ensembl

ENSG00000158850

ENSMUSG00000052423

UniProt

O60512

Q91YY2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001199873
NM_001199874
NM_003779

NM_020579

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001186802.1
NP_001186803.1
NP_003770.1

NP_065604.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 161.17 – 161.18 Mb Chr 1: 171.27 – 171.28 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the B4GALT3 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene is one of seven beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta4GalT) genes. They encode type II membrane-bound glycoproteins that appear to have exclusive specificity for the donor substrate UDP-galactose; all transfer galactose in a beta1,4 linkage to similar acceptor sugars: GlcNAc, Glc, and Xyl. Each beta4GalT has a distinct function in the biosynthesis of different glycoconjugates and saccharide structures. As type II membrane proteins, they have an N-terminal hydrophobic signal sequence that directs the protein to the Golgi apparatus and which then remains uncleaved to function as a transmembrane anchor. By sequence similarity, the beta4GalTs form four groups: beta4GalT1 and beta4GalT2, beta4GalT3 and beta4GalT4, beta4GalT5 and beta4GalT6, and beta4GalT7. This gene encodes an enzyme that may be mainly involved in the synthesis of the first N-acetyllactosamine unit of poly-N-acetyllactosamine chains.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Almeida R, Amado M, David L, Levery SB, Holmes EH, Merkx G, van Kessel AG, Rygaard E, Hassan H, Bennett E, Clausen H (Jan 1998). "A family of human beta4-galactosyltransferases. Cloning and expression of two novel UDP-galactose:beta-n-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3". J Biol Chem. 272 (51): 31979–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.51.31979. PMID 9405390.
  4. Lo NW, Shaper JH, Pevsner J, Shaper NL (Aug 1998). "The expanding beta 4-galactosyltransferase gene family: messages from the databanks". Glycobiology. 8 (5): 517–26. doi:10.1093/glycob/8.5.517. PMID 9597550.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: B4GALT3 UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 3".

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