B4GALT4

B4GALT4
Identifiers
Aliases B4GALT4, B4Gal-T4, beta4Gal-T4, beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 4
External IDs MGI: 1928387 HomoloGene: 37848 GeneCards: B4GALT4
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

8702

56375

Ensembl

ENSG00000121578

ENSMUSG00000022793

UniProt

O60513

Q9JJ04

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003778
NM_212543

NM_001285793
NM_019804

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003769.1
NP_997708.1

NP_001272722.1
NP_062778.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 119.21 – 119.24 Mb Chr 16: 38.74 – 38.77 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the B4GALT4 gene.[3][4]

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. The enzyme encoded by this gene appears to mainly play a role in glycolipid biosynthesis. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: B4GALT4 UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 4".

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