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GALNT6

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GALNT6
Identifiers
AliasesGALNT6, GALNAC-T6, GalNAcT6, polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6
External IDsOMIM: 605148; MGI: 1891640; HomoloGene: 5218; GeneCards: GALNT6; OMA:GALNT6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007210

NM_001161767
NM_001161768
NM_172451

RefSeq (protein)

NP_009141

NP_001155239
NP_001155240
NP_766039

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 51.35 – 51.39 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT6 gene.[4][5]

This gene encodes a member of the UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GalNAc-T) family of enzymes. GalNAc-Ts initiate mucin-type O-linked glycosylation in the Golgi apparatus by catalyzing the transfer of GalNAc to serine and threonine residues on target proteins. They are characterized by an N-terminal transmembrane domain, a stem region, a lumenal catalytic domain containing a GT1 motif and Gal/GalNAc transferase motif, and a C-terminal ricin/lectin-like domain. GalNAc-Ts have different, but overlapping, substrate specificities and patterns of expression. The encoded protein is capable of glycosylating fibronectin peptide in vitro and is expressed in a fibroblast cell line, indicating that it may be involved in the synthesis of oncofetal fibronectin.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139629Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ Bennett EP, Hassan H, Mandel U, Hollingsworth MA, Akisawa N, Ikematsu Y, Merkx G, van Kessel AG, Olofsson S, Clausen H (Oct 1999). "Cloning and characterization of a close homologue of human UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-T3, designated GalNAc-T6. Evidence for genetic but not functional redundancy". J Biol Chem. 274 (36): 25362–70. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.36.25362. hdl:2066/184726. PMID 10464263.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: GALNT6 UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 (GalNAc-T6)".

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