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Alpha 1,3-Galactosyltransferase 2, Pseudogene (A3GALT2P)

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Isoglobotriaosylceramide or isogloboside 3 (iGb3) has been the subject of intense research by numerous laboratories and has provoked lively debate in the literature since it was suggested to be the endogenous ligand involved in thymic selection of a subset of natural killer T cells (iNKT) in both mice and humans. iGb3 is the first member of the isoglobo-series glycosphingolipids and is synthesized by alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase 2.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Austin Health/Northern Health, The University of Melbourne, 145 Studley Rd, 3084, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

    Dr. Dale Christiansen, Dr. Effie Mouhtouris & Prof. Mauro S. Sandrin

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  1. RIKEN-Max-Planck Joint Research Center for Systems Chemical Biology, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan

    Naoyuki Taniguchi

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Kochi University, Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

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  3. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

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  4. Research Center for Medical Glycoscience (RCMG), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

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Christiansen, D., Mouhtouris, E., Sandrin, M.S. (2014). Alpha 1,3-Galactosyltransferase 2, Pseudogene (A3GALT2P). In: Taniguchi, N., Honke, K., Fukuda, M., Narimatsu, H., Yamaguchi, Y., Angata, T. (eds) Handbook of Glycosyltransferases and Related Genes. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54240-7_119

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