Gene Information
Gene NameB3GNT8
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length397
Protein NamesUDP-GlcNAc:betaGal beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 8 (BGnT-8) (Beta-1,3-Gn-T8) (Beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 8) (Beta3Gn-T8) (EC 2.4.1.-)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age544 ( ENSG00000177191 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBQ7Z7M8
Gene CardB3GNT8
Uniprot IDQ7Z7M8
PfamPF01762
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.985079816)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ B3gnt8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ B3gnt8 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ B3GNT8 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsB3GNT2, B3GALT1
ParalogsB3GALT2, B3GALT6, B3GALT1, B3GNT6, B3GALT4, B3GALNT1, B3GALT5, B3GNT4, B3GNT9, B3GNT7, B3GNT2, B3GNT3, B3GNT5, B3GALNT2, B3GALT9
Tissuecolon, duodenum, esophagus, lung, small.intestine
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in small intestine, pancreas, spleen, bone marrow, lung, throat, and ileum, and weakly in fetal brain, cerebellum, heart, liver, tongue, breast, uteri, and testis. Not detected in colon. Differentially expressed in human tumor cell lines. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15486459, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15620693}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs284662 
Subcellular location [CC]Golgi apparatus membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NY97};
Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9NY97}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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