GALNT6

GALNT6
Identifiers
Aliases GALNT6, GALNAC-T6, GalNAcT6, polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6
External IDs MGI: 1891640 HomoloGene: 5218 GeneCards: GALNT6
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

11226

207839

Ensembl

ENSG00000139629

ENSMUSG00000037280

UniProt

Q8NCL4

Q8C7U7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007210

NM_001161767
NM_001161768
NM_172451

RefSeq (protein)

NP_009141.2

NP_001155239.1
NP_001155240.1
NP_766039.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 51.35 – 51.39 Mb Chr 15: 100.69 – 100.73 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT6 gene.[3][4]

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.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 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. PMID 10464263.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GALNT6 UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 6 (GalNAc-T6)".

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