Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
53947
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Alpha 1,4-galactosyltransferase (P1PK blood group)
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
A4GALT
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
A14GALT, A4GALT1, Gb3S, P(k), P1, P1PK, PK
Chromosome Chromosome number
22
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
22q13.2
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the transfer of galactose to lactosylceramide to form globotriaosylceramide, which has been identified as the P(k) antigen of the P blood group system. This protein, a type II membrane protein found in the Golgi,
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs28940571 G>A,T Affects Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs28940572 C>T Affects Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs74315453 A>T Affects Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs74315454 C>G,T Affects Genic downstream transcript variant, coding sequence variant, stop gained, missense variant
rs387906279 AGA>- Affects Genic downstream transcript variant, inframe deletion, coding sequence variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT016300 hsa-miR-193b-3p Microarray 20304954
MIRT644090 hsa-miR-5193 HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT644089 hsa-miR-3183 HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT644088 hsa-miR-4723-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT644087 hsa-miR-6769b-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001576 Process Globoside biosynthetic process IEA
GO:0006688 Process Glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process IBA 21873635
GO:0006688 Process Glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process NAS 10748143
GO:0007009 Process Plasma membrane organization IDA 10747952
GO:0008378 Function Galactosyltransferase activity IBA 21873635
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607922 18149 ENSG00000128274
Protein
UniProt ID Q9NPC4
Protein name Lactosylceramide 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.228) (Alpha-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase) (Alpha-1,4-galactosyltransferase) (Alpha4Gal-T1) (CD77 synthase) (Globotriaosylceramide synthase) (Gb3 synthase) (P1/Pk synthase) (UDP-galactose:beta
Protein function Catalyzes the transfer of galactose from UDP-alpha-D-galactose to lactosylceramide/beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1)-ceramide(d18:1(4E)) to produce globotriaosylceramide/globoside Gb3Cer (d18:1(4E)) (PubMed:10748143). Also able to
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF04488 Gly_transf_sug 91 215 Glycosyltransferase sugar-binding region containing DXD motif Family
PF04572 Gb3_synth 222 349 Alpha 1,4-glycosyltransferase conserved region Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Ubiquitous. Highly expressed in kidney, heart, spleen, liver, testis and placenta.
Sequence
Sequence length 353
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  
  Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis - lacto and neolacto series
Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis - globo and isoglobo series
Metabolic pathways
 
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Burkitt`s lymphoma Burkitt Lymphoma, Burkitt Leukemia rs28933407, rs121918683, rs121918684 11482875
Nor polyagglutination syndrome NOR POLYAGGLUTINATION SYNDROME rs397514502
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Importantly, breast cancer patients bearing PRC2 LOF mutations displayed significantly worse prognosis compared with PRC2 wild-type patients GWAS, CBGDA
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Associate 12843015
Breast Neoplasms Associate 19245689
Burkitt Lymphoma Associate 11782470, 12944404, 1375849, 7516406
Burkitt Lymphoma Inhibit 9763568
Carcinoma Embryonal Associate 8679447
Cardiomyopathies Associate 26070511
Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic Associate 24055776
Cardiovascular Diseases Stimulate 27938475
Cataract Age Related Nuclear Associate 34954695
Central Nervous System Neoplasms Associate 11179369