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Function

Beta-1,4-glucuronyltransferase involved in O-mannosylation of alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1) (PubMed:19587235, PubMed:23359570, PubMed:25279697, PubMed:25279699). Transfers a glucuronic acid (GlcA) residue onto a xylose (Xyl) acceptor to produce the glucuronyl-beta-1,4-xylose-beta disaccharide primer, which is further elongated by LARGE1, during synthesis of phosphorylated O-mannosyl glycan (PubMed:25279697, PubMed:25279699). Phosphorylated O-mannosyl glycan is a carbohydrate structure present in alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1), which is required for binding laminin G-like domain-containing extracellular proteins with high affinity (PubMed:25279697, PubMed:25279699). Required for axon guidance; via its function in O-mannosylation of alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1) (By similarity).

Involvement in disease

Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy congenital with brain and eye anomalies A13

MDDGA13

An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy associated with cobblestone lissencephaly and other brain anomalies, eye malformations, profound intellectual disability, and death usually in the first years of life. Included diseases are the more severe Walker-Warburg syndrome and the slightly less severe muscle-eye-brain disease.

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The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Pathway

Protein modification; protein glycosylation.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 49 family.

Tissue specificity

In the adult, highly expressed in heart, brain, skeletal muscle and kidney and to a lesser extent in placenta, pancreas, spleen, prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine and colon. Very weak expression in lung, liver, thymus and peripheral blood leukocytes. In fetal highly expressed in brain and kidney and to a lesser extent in lung and liver.

Cellular localization

  • Golgi apparatus membrane
  • Single-pass type II membrane protein
  • Localizes near the trans-Golgi apparatus.

Alternative names

B3GNT1, B3GNT6, B4GAT1, Poly-N-acetyllactosamine extension enzyme, iGnT

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Oncology

Molecular weight

47119Da

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