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ALG13

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase subunit ALG13 homolog, also known as asparagine-linked glycosylation 13 homolog, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALG13 gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of a bipartite UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase. It heterodimerizes with asparagine-linked glycosylation 14 (ALG14) homolog to form a functional UDP-GlcNAc glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the second sugar addition of the highly conserved oligosaccharide precursor in endoplasmic reticulum N-linked glycosylation.[1][3]

See also

See also

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: asparagine-linked glycosylation 13 homolog (S. cerevisiae)”.
  2. Gao XD, Tachikawa H, Sato T, Jigami Y, Dean N (October 2005). “Alg14 recruits Alg13 to the cytoplasmic face of the endoplasmic reticulum to form a novel bipartite UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase required for the second step of N-linked glycosylation”. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (43): 36254–62. doi:10.1074/jbc.M507569200. PMID 16100110.
  3. Averbeck N, Keppler-Ross S, Dean N (October 2007). “Membrane topology of the Alg14 endoplasmic reticulum UDP-GlcNAc transferase subunit”. J. Biol. Chem. 282 (40): 29081–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M704410200. PMID 17686769.
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