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XYLT1

Xylosyltransferase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the XYLT1 gene.[1][2]

Xylosyltransferase (XT; EC 2.4.2.26) catalyzes the transfer of UDP-xylose to serine residues within XT recognition sequences of target proteins. Addition of this xylose to the core protein is required for the biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan chains characteristic of proteoglycans.[supplied by OMIM][2]

References

References

  1. Gotting C, Kuhn J, Zahn R, Brinkmann T, Kleesiek K (Jan 2001). “Molecular cloning and expression of human UDP-d-Xylose:proteoglycan core protein beta-d-xylosyltransferase and its first isoform XT-II”. J Mol Biol. 304 (4): 517–28. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.4261. PMID 11099377.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: XYLT1 xylosyltransferase I”.
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