GALNT4

polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 4

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase (GalNAc-T) family of enzymes. GalNAc-Ts initiate mucin-type O-linked glycosylation in the Golgi apparatus by catalyzing the transfer of GalNAc to serine and threonine residues on target proteins. They are characterized by an N-terminal transmembrane domain, a stem region, a lumenal catalytic domain containing a GT1 motif and Gal/GalNAc transferase motif, and a C-terminal ricin/lectin-like domain. GalNAc-Ts have different, but overlapping, substrate specificities and patterns of expression. In vitro, the encoded protein can complement other GalNAc-Ts in the complete O-glycosylation of the mucin-1 tandem repeat and can O-glycosylate the P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 molecule. The coding region of this gene is contained within a single exon. Fusion transcripts, which combine part of this gene with the 5' exons of the neighboring POC1B (POC1 centriolar protein homolog B) gene, also exist. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]

Known Variants39 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7145415912:89,914,883A/C
rs254054531612:89,916,630T/Cuncertain significance
rs187100397412:89,916,655G/Auncertain significance
rs18212422512:89,916,657C/Tuncertain significance
rs53385579012:89,916,672C/Tuncertain significance
rs89189014512:89,916,684A/Guncertain significance
rs20067076212:89,916,895G/Auncertain significance
rs254054730712:89,916,978C/Auncertain significance
rs37214054212:89,916,979T/Cuncertain significance
rs75182150012:89,916,983A/Cuncertain significance
rs36910631912:89,916,995C/Auncertain significance
rs37240822312:89,917,027T/Cuncertain significance
rs86322334812:89,917,133G/Asynonymous variantpathogenic
rs173075259612:89,917,143T/Cuncertain significance
rs138371706412:89,917,227C/Tuncertain significance
rs20145347612:89,917,230T/Cuncertain significance
rs254054957112:89,917,342T/Cuncertain significance
rs254055053312:89,917,503A/Guncertain significance
rs18846508112:89,917,541A/Tbenign
rs78152579012:89,917,560A/Guncertain significance
rs76047441012:89,917,609G/Cuncertain significance
rs78052931112:89,917,663C/Tuncertain significance
rs254055172212:89,917,702T/Cuncertain significance
rs254055175612:89,917,710C/Tuncertain significance
rs19251280712:89,917,741C/Guncertain significance
rs37750654012:89,917,798T/Auncertain significance
rs55730087112:89,917,892G/Cuncertain significance
rs37214353812:89,917,905A/Guncertain significance
rs77048281312:89,917,947T/Cuncertain significance
rs127279704612:89,917,968C/Guncertain significance
rs254055353512:89,917,974T/Auncertain significance
rs75712130212:89,918,031C/Auncertain significance
rs254055526712:89,918,201C/Auncertain significance
rs77980643512:89,918,203T/Cuncertain significance
rs254055533612:89,918,205G/Auncertain significance
rs75128904712:89,918,209G/Tuncertain significance
rs74767002712:89,918,221C/Auncertain significance
rs213578305512:89,918,277A/Cuncertain significance
rs55515044912:89,918,308A/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.