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GeneQ17917720· pop 7· linked from 3 articles

Also known as EXTR2, exostosin-like glycosyltransferase 2, exostosin like glycosyltransferase 2

Exostosin-like 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EXTL2 gene. EXTL2 Glycosyltransferase is required for the biosynthesis of heparan-sulfate and responsible for the alternating addition of beta-1-4-linked glucuronic acid (GlcA) and alpha-1-4-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) units to nascent heparan sulfate chains. (https://www.phosphosite.org/overviewExecuteAction?id=5020882)

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EXTL2
Name
exostosin like glycosyltransferase 2
Type
protein-coding
Aliases
EXTR2

Enables alpha-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase activity and glucuronyl-galactosyl-proteoglycan 4-alpha-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity. Involved in N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine metabolic process. Located in cytosol; endoplasmic reticulum; and nucleoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

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exostosin like glycosyltransferase 2

Symbol
EXTL2
Biotype
Protein coding
Organism
Homo sapiens
Location
1:100,871,371-100,896,000
Strand
Reverse (−)
Assembly
GRCh38
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HomoloGene ID
1102
genomic end
100895179
genomic start
101337943
cytogenetic location
1p21.2
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Exostosin-like 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EXTL2 gene. EXTL2 Glycosyltransferase is required for the biosynthesis of heparan-sulfate and responsible for the alternating addition of beta-1-4-linked glucuronic acid (GlcA) and alpha-1-4-linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) units to nascent heparan sulfate chains. (https://www.phosphosite.org/overviewExecuteAction?id=5020882)

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