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Designing an IHC experiment for B4GALT2? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the B4GALT2 IHC GuideFacts about Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | B4GALT2 |
| Uniprot: | O60909 |
| Entrez: | 8704 |

| Belongs to: |
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| glycosyltransferase 7 family |

B4GalT2; B4Gal-T2; B4Gal-T3; beta-1,4-Galactosyltransferase 2; Beta-1,4-GalTase 2; beta-4-GalT2; beta4Gal-T2; beta-N-acetylglucosaminyl-glycolipid beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2; EC 2.4.1.-; UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase 2; UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 2; UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 2; UDP-Gal:beta-GlcNAc beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2; UDP-galactose:beta-N-acetylglucosamine beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 2
Mass (kDA):
41.972 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p34.1 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (43979202..43991171) |
Weakly expressed in various tissues. Highest expression in prostate, testis, ovary, intestine, muscle, and in fetal brain.
Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Trans cisternae of Golgi stack.



PMID: 9405390 by Almeida R., et al. A family of human beta4-galactosyltransferases. Cloning and expression of two novel UDP-galactose:beta-n-acetylglucosamine beta1, 4-galactosyltransferases, beta4Gal-T2 and beta4Gal-T3.
PMID: 9597550 by Lo N.-W., et al. The expanding beta 4-galactosyltransferase gene family: messages from the databanks.