B3GALT4

B3GALT4
Identifiers
Aliases	B3GALT4, BETA3GALT4, GALT2, GALT4, beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 4
External IDs	OMIM: 603095 MGI: 1859517 HomoloGene: 2805 GeneCards: B3GALT4
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 6 (human) Band 6p21.32 Start 33,277,123 bp End 33,284,832 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 17 (mouse) Band 17|17 B1 Start 34,168,883 bp End 34,170,462 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in ascending aorta monocyte right coronary artery skin of abdomen gastric mucosa popliteal artery left coronary artery minor salivary glands right adrenal gland body of stomach Top expressed in pyloric antrum gastric mucosa seminal vesicula mucous cell of stomach intestinal villus epithelium of stomach crypt of lieberkuhn of small intestine lacrimal gland duodenum saccule More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity galactosyltransferase activity ganglioside galactosyltransferase activity glycosyltransferase activity UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase activity acetylgalactosaminyltransferase activity Cellular component integral component of membrane Golgi membrane Golgi apparatus membrane endoplasmic reticulum Biological process ganglioside biosynthetic process protein glycosylation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 8705 54218 Ensembl ENSG00000236802 ENSG00000235155 ENSG00000226936 ENSG00000206285 ENSG00000235863 n/a ENSMUSG00000067370 UniProt O96024 Q9Z0F0 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003782 NM_019420 RefSeq (protein) NP_003773 NP_062293 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 33.28 – 33.28 Mb Chr 17: 34.17 – 34.17 Mb PubMed search
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Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the B3GALT4 gene.

This gene is a member of the beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase (beta3GalT) gene family. This family encodes type II membrane-bound glycoproteins with diverse enzymatic functions using different donor substrates (UDP-galactose and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine) and different acceptor sugars (N-acetylglucosamine, galactose, N-acetylgalactosamine). The beta3GalT genes are distantly related to the Drosophila Brainiac gene and have the protein coding sequence contained in a single exon. The beta3GalT proteins also contain conserved sequences not found in the beta4GalT or alpha3GalT proteins. The carbohydrate chains synthesized by these enzymes are designated as type 1, whereas beta4GalT enzymes synthesize type 2 carbohydrate chains. The ratio of type 1:type 2 chains changes during embryogenesis. By sequence similarity, the beta3GalT genes fall into at least two groups: beta3GalT4 and 4 other beta3GalT genes (beta3GalT1-3, beta3GalT5). This gene is oriented telomere to centromere in close proximity to the ribosomal protein S18 gene. The functionality of the encoded protein is limited to ganglioseries glycolipid biosynthesis.

External links

• Human B3GALT4 genome location and B3GALT4 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

Further reading

• Amado M, Almeida R, Schwientek T, Clausen H (2000). "Identification and characterization of large galactosyltransferase gene families: galactosyltransferases for all functions". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1473 (1): 35–53. doi:10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00168-3. PMID 10580128.
• Otsuki T, Ota T, Nishikawa T, et al. (2007). "Signal sequence and keyword trap in silico for selection of full-length human cDNAs encoding secretion or membrane proteins from oligo-capped cDNA libraries". DNA Res. 12 (2): 117–26. doi:10.1093/dnares/12.2.117. PMID 16303743.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Mungall AJ, Palmer SA, Sims SK, et al. (2003). "The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6". Nature. 425 (6960): 805–11. Bibcode:2003Natur.425..805M. doi:10.1038/nature02055. PMID 14574404.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Shiina T, Kikkawa E, Iwasaki H, et al. (2000). "The beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase-4 (B3GALT4) gene is located in the centromeric segment of the human MHC class II region". Immunogenetics. 51 (1): 75–8. doi:10.1007/s002510050012. PMID 10663566. S2CID 35331402.
• Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). "Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery". Genome Res. 6 (9): 791–806. doi:10.1101/gr.6.9.791. PMID 8889548.
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• Pal R, Hoke GM, Sarngadharan MG (1989). "Role of oligosaccharides in the processing and maturation of envelope glycoproteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86 (9): 3384–8. Bibcode:1989PNAS...86.3384P. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.9.3384. PMC 287137. PMID 2541446.
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