Entrez gene ID | | 7360 |
Official gene symbol | | UGP2 |
Full name | | UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2 |
Aliases | | ,UDPG,UDPGP2,UGPP2,pHC379, |
Gene summary | | The enzyme encoded by this gene is an important intermediary in mammalian carbohydrate interconversions. It transfers a glucose moiety from glucose-1-phosphate to MgUTP and forms UDP-glucose and MgPPi. In liver and muscle tissue, UDP-glucose is a direct precursor of glycogen; in lactating mammary gland it is converted to UDP-galactose which is then converted to lactose. The eukaryotic enzyme has no significant sequence similarity to the prokaryotic enzyme. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 2 Locus: 2p14-p13 |
Gene position | | 64068098 - 64118696 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 50599 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 191760 |