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MGAT5B

Alpha-1,6-mannosylglycoprotein 6-beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MGAT5B gene.[1][2][3]


References

References

  1. Inamori K, Endo T, Gu J, Matsuo I, Ito Y, Fujii S, Iwasaki H, Narimatsu H, Miyoshi E, Honke K, Taniguchi N (Jan 2004). “N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase IX acts on the GlcNAc beta 1,2-Man alpha 1-Ser/Thr moiety, forming a 2,6-branched structure in brain O-mannosyl glycan”. J Biol Chem. 279 (4): 2337–2340. doi:10.1074/jbc.C300480200. PMID 14617637.
  2. Kaneko M, Alvarez-Manilla G, Kamar M, Lee I, Lee JK, Troupe K, Zhang W, Osawa M, Pierce M (Nov 2003). “A novel beta(1,6)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (GnT-VB)(1)”. FEBS Lett. 554 (3): 515–519. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01234-1. PMID 14623122.
  3. “Entrez Gene: MGAT5B mannosyl (alpha-1,6-)-glycoprotein beta-1,6-N-acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase, isozyme B”.
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