B3GALNT2
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: B3GALNT2
- Official Name: beta-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 148789
- UniProt: Q8NCR0
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a member of the glycosyltransferase 31 family. The encoded protein synthesizes GalNAc:beta-1,3GlcNAc, a novel carbohydrate structure, on N- and O-glycans. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2013].
- UniProt Summary: Beta-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase that synthesizes a unique carbohydrate structure, GalNAc-beta-1- 3GlcNAc, on N- and O-glycans. Has no galactose nor galactosaminyl transferase activity toward any acceptor substrate. Involved in alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1) glycosylation: acts coordinately with GTDC2/POMGnT2 to synthesize a GalNAc-beta3-GlcNAc-beta-terminus at the 4-position of protein O-mannose in the biosynthesis of the phosphorylated O-mannosyl trisaccharide (N-acetylgalactosamine- beta-3-N-acetylglucosamine-beta-4-(phosphate-6-)mannose), a carbohydrate structure present in alpha-dystroglycan, which is required for binding laminin G-like domain-containing extracellular proteins with high affinity. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14724282, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23453667, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23929950}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 11610
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 5.56
B3GALNT2 Expression in NALM6 Cells: 5.56
