Biology:GCNT1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Beta-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GCNT1 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene is a member of the beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase gene family. It is essential to the formation of Gal beta 1-3(GlcNAc beta 1-6)GalNAc structures and the core 2 O-glycan branch. The gene coding this enzyme was originally mapped to 9q21, but was later localized to 9q13. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified.[3]

References

  1. "Expression of the developmental I antigen by a cloned human cDNA encoding a member of a beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase gene family". Genes Dev 7 (3): 468–78. Apr 1993. doi:10.1101/gad.7.3.468. PMID 8449405. 
  2. "Molecular cloning and expression of a novel beta-1, 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that forms core 2, core 4, and I branches". J Biol Chem 274 (5): 3215–21. Mar 1999. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.5.3215. PMID 9915862. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: GCNT1 glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 1, core 2 (beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2650. 

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