Entrez gene ID | | 79695 |
Official gene symbol | | GALNT12 |
Full name | | UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 12 (GalNAc-T12) |
Aliases | | ,FLJ21212,GalNAc-T12, |
Gene summary | | GALNT12 is a member of a family of UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases (EC 2.4.1.41), which catalyze the transfer of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) from UDP-GalNAc to a hydroxyl amino acid on a polypeptide acceptor in the initial step of mucin-type O-linked protein glycosylation (Guo et al., 2002 [PubMed 12135769]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 9 Locus: 9q22.33 |
Gene position | | 101569981 - 101612359 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 42379 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 608812 |
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