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GALNT2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18025380

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 1[13]
Cytogenetic location
1q42.13[16]
Encodes
Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2[11]
Expressed in
Descending thoracic aorta, ascending aorta, cartilage tissue, gastric mucosa, right coronary artery, stromal cell of endometrium, body of pancreas, palpebral conjunctiva, right lobe of liver, left coronary artery[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[12]
Genetic association
metabolic disease[14]
Genomic end
230417870, 230282122[6][7]
Genomic start
230057990, 230193536[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
3297[3]
Ortholog
Galnt2, Galnt2, Pgant2, galnt2, gly-4[8][9][10]
Strand orientation
forward strand[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en CDG2T en GalNAc-T2 en GALNT2 en polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein GALNT2 PDB 2ffu.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000143641
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000494106, ENST00000366672, ENST00000485438, ENST00000488903, ENST00000492568
Entrez Gene ID
2590
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03g_z61
HGNC ID
4124
HGNC gene symbol
GALNT2
OMIM ID
602274
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_001291866, NM_004481, NR_120373, XM_017000964
UMLS CUI
C1414952

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Summary

GALNT2 is a gene[1]. GALNT2 is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → GALNT2
    Genetic association → metabolic disease
    RefSeq RNA ID → NM_001291866, NM_004481, NR_120373 +1
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/2590
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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