GCNT2

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N-acetyllactosaminide beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyl-transferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GCNT2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes the enzyme responsible for formation of the blood group I antigen. The i and I antigens are distinguished by linear and branched poly-N-acetyllactosaminoglycans, respectively. The encoded protein is the I-branching enzyme, a beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase responsible for the conversion of fetal i antigen to adult I antigen in erythrocytes during embryonic development. Mutations in this gene have been associated with adult i blood group phenotype. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.[3]

References

  1. Bierhuizen MF, Mattei MG, Fukuda M (Apr 1993). "Expression of the developmental I antigen by a cloned human cDNA encoding a member of a beta-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase gene family". Genes Dev. 7 (3): 468–78. doi:10.1101/gad.7.3.468. PMID 8449405.
  2. Yeh JC, Ong E, Fukuda M (Mar 1999). "Molecular cloning and expression of a novel beta-1, 6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that forms core 2, core 4, and I branches". J Biol Chem. 274 (5): 3215–21. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.5.3215. PMID 9915862.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: GCNT2 glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 2, I-branching enzyme (I blood group)".

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