Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene B4GALNT1, quantitative enzyme expression analysis, mRNA expressions of glycosyltransferases by qRT-PCR in melanocytes and melanoma lines, overview | Homo sapiens |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine + ganglioside GM3 | Homo sapiens | - |
UDP + ganglioside GM2 | - |
? |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | Q00973 | gene B4GALNT1 | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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melanocyte | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
melanoma cell | high expression level | Homo sapiens | - |
MeWo cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
SK-MEL-23 cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
SK-MEL-28 cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
SK-MEL-37 cell | - |
Homo sapiens | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine + ganglioside GM3 | - |
Homo sapiens | UDP + ganglioside GM2 | - |
? |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 | UniProt | Homo sapiens |
GM2/GD2 synthase | - |
Homo sapiens |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Homo sapiens | enzyme expression levels are reduced after UVB irradiation in SK-MEL-28 melanoma cells | down |
Homo sapiens | tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 6 do not affect the enzyme expression in in melanocytes | additional information |
Homo sapiens | GM2/GD2 synthase expression is slightly increased in UVB-irradiated melanocytes, except for SK-MEL-28 cells | up |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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metabolism | the enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway of glycosphingolipids, overview | Homo sapiens |
additional information | UVB-irradiation of keratinocytes induces melanoma-associated ganglioside GM2/GD2 synthase gene in melanocytes via secretion of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 6 | Homo sapiens |