CHST6

Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CHST6 gene.[4][5][6]

CHST6
Identifiers
AliasesCHST6, MCDC1, carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6, GST4-beta, gn6st-5, hCGn6ST, glcNAc6ST-5, C-GlcNAc6ST
External IDsOMIM: 605294 MGI: 1931825 HomoloGene: 56927 GeneCards: CHST6
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 16 (human)[1]
Band16q23.1Start75,472,052 bp[1]
End75,495,445 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4166

56773

Ensembl

ENSG00000183196

ENSMUSG00000031952

UniProt

Q9GZX3

Q9QUP4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_021615

NM_019950

RefSeq (protein)

NP_067628

NP_064334

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 75.47 – 75.5 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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It codes for an enzyme necessary for the production of keratan sulfate. Mutations in the gene lead to macular corneal dystrophy.

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000183196 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. Vance JM, Jonasson F, Lennon F, Sarrica J, Damji KF, Stauffer J, Pericak-Vance MA, Klintworth GK (Jul 1996). "Linkage of a gene for macular corneal dystrophy to chromosome 16". Am J Hum Genet. 58 (4): 757–62. PMC 1914688. PMID 8644739.
  5. Akama TO, Nishida K, Nakayama J, Watanabe H, Ozaki K, Nakamura T, Dota A, Kawasaki S, Inoue Y, Maeda N, Yamamoto S, Fujiwara T, Thonar EJ, Shimomura Y, Kinoshita S, Tanigami A, Fukuda MN (Nov 2000). "Macular corneal dystrophy type I and type II are caused by distinct mutations in a new sulphotransferase gene". Nat Genet. 26 (2): 237–41. doi:10.1038/79987. PMID 11017086. S2CID 25547752.
  6. "Entrez Gene: CHST6 carbohydrate (N-acetylglucosamine 6-O) sulfotransferase 6".

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