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Facts about Xylosyltransferase 1.
Required for normal embryonic and postnatal skeleton development, especially of the long bones (PubMed:24581741, PubMed:23982343). Required for normal maturation of chondrocytes during bone development, and regular onset of ossification (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | XYLT1 |
| Uniprot: | Q86Y38 |
| Entrez: | 64131 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| glycosyltransferase 14 family |

Xylosyltransferase 1
Mass (kDA):
107.569 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p12.3 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (17101769..17470960, complement) |
Widely expressed. Expressed at higher level in placenta, kidney and pancreas. Weakly expressed in skeletal muscle.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Secreted. Detected predominantly in the Golgi apparatus.


PMID: 15461586 by Mueller S., et al. Human xylosyltransferase I: functional and biochemical characterization of cysteine residues required for enzymic activity.
PMID: 11099377 by Goetting C., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human UDP-D-xylose:proteoglycan core protein beta-D-xylosyltransferase and its first isoform XT-II.