GALNT2

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Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GALNT2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2, a member of the GalNAc-transferases family. This family transfers an N-acetyl galactosamine to the hydroxyl group of a serine or threonine residue in the first step of O-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis. The localization site of this particular enzyme is preponderantly the trans-Golgi.[4] Individual GalNAc-transferases have distinct activities, and initiation of O-glycosylation in a cell is regulated by a repertoire of GalNAc-transferases.[3]

References

  1. Bennett EP, Weghuis DO, Merkx G, van Kessel AG, Eiberg H, Clausen H (Jul 1998). "Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of three members of the UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase family". Glycobiology. 8 (6): 547–55. doi:10.1093/glycob/8.6.547. PMID 9592121.
  2. White T, Bennett EP, Takio K, Sorensen T, Bonding N, Clausen H (Dec 1995). "Purification and cDNA cloning of a human UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase". J Biol Chem. 270 (41): 24156–65. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.41.24156. PMID 7592619.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: GALNT2 UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2 (GalNAc-T2)".
  4. "African Swine Fever Virus Causes Microtubule-Dependent Dispersal of trans-Golgi Network" (PDF).

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