title: Cloning and chromosomal mapping of human glucuronyltransferase involved in biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope.
abstract: The HNK-1 carbohydrate is expressed on various cell adhesion molecules in the nervous system and is suggested to play a role in cell-cell and cell-substrate interactions. Here we describe the isolation of a cDNA encoding human glucuronyltransferase (GlcAT-P), which is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the HNK-1 carbohydrate. The primary structure deduced from the cDNA sequence predicted a type II transmembrane protein of 334 amino acids. Human GlcAT-P was 98.2% identical with rat GlcAT-P in amino acid sequence, the exception being the length of the cytoplasmic tail. Northern blot analysis indicated that human GlcAT-P is expressed mainly in the brain. There is a single copy of the human GlcAT-P gene (HGMW-approved symbol B3GAT1), and it was mapped to chromosome 11q25.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry and CREST (Core Research for Educational Science and Technology) Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mitsumoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001921:Brain; D018959:CD57 Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D018628:Gene Dosage; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018959:CD57 Antigens; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C111364:galactosylgalactoylxylosylprotein 3-beta-glucuronosyltransferase; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase