UDP-GlcNAc:betaGal beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 3 is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''B3GNT3''
gene
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.
This gene encodes a member of the beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase family. This
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products. A ...
is a type II
transmembrane protein
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and contains a signal anchor that is not cleaved. It prefers the
substrates of lacto-N-tetraose and lacto-N-neotetraose, and is involved in the
biosynthesis
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of poly-N-acetyllactosamine chains and the
biosynthesis
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of the backbone structure of
dimeric sialyl Lewis a. It plays dominant roles in L-selectin
ligand
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biosynthesis,
lymphocyte homing and lymphocyte trafficking.
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