| Protein Name | beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyltransferase 1 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 2583 |
| Gene Symbol | B4GALNT1 |
| UniProt | Q00973 (B4GN1_HUMAN), B4DSP5 (B4DSP5_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 40 |
Description |
beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyltransferase 1 |
| Gene Summary |
GM2 and GD2 gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids. GalNAc-T is the enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of G(M2) and G(D2) glycosphingolipids. GalNAc-T catalyzes the transfer of GalNAc into G(M3) and G(D3) by a beta-1,4 linkage, resulting in the synthesis of G(M2) and G(D2), respectively. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2013] |
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