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glycogenin 2

Summary

Gene Symbol

GYG2

Aliases

GN-2
glycogenin glucosyltransferase

Organism

Homo sapiens (human)

External Links

NCBI Gene

8908

HGNC

4700

KEGG Gene ID

hsa:8908

PubChem

8908

Alliance of Genome Resources

HGNC:4700

Annotation

Keyword

3D-structure
Alternative splicing
Glycogen biosynthesis
Glycoprotein
Manganese
Metal-binding
Phosphoprotein
Reference proteome
Transferase

Proteins

Displaying **all 3** entries
UniProt	Protein Name
Q1ZYL7
O15488
B3KUV6

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 3** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
glycogen biosynthetic process	TAS
glycogen biosynthetic process	IDA	9857012
glycogen biosynthetic process	IEA

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

cellular metabolic process [inference]

generation of precursor metabolites and energy [inference]

energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds [inference]

energy reserve metabolic process [inference]

glycogen metabolic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

primary metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan metabolic process [inference]

glycogen metabolic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan metabolic process [inference]

glycogen metabolic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

macromolecule metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan metabolic process [inference]

glycogen metabolic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

cellular process [inference]

cellular metabolic process [inference]

generation of precursor metabolites and energy [inference]

energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds [inference]

energy reserve metabolic process [inference]

glycogen metabolic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process [inference]

glucan biosynthetic process [inference]

glycogen biosynthetic process

Displaying **all 4** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
nucleus	IEA
cytoplasm	ISS
cytoplasm	IBA
cytosol	TAS

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

organelle [inference]

membrane-bounded organelle [inference]

intracellular membrane-bounded organelle [inference]

nucleus

intracellular organelle [inference]

intracellular membrane-bounded organelle [inference]

nucleus

Displaying **all 5** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
protein binding	IPI	16189514 33961781 35271311
glycogenin glucosyltransferase activity	EXP	9346895
glycogenin glucosyltransferase activity	IDA	9857012
glycosyltransferase activity	IBA
metal ion binding	IEA

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

transferase activity [inference]

glycosyltransferase activity

UDP-glycosyltransferase activity [inference]

UDP-glucosyltransferase activity [inference]

glycogenin glucosyltransferase activity

hexosyltransferase activity [inference]

glucosyltransferase activity [inference]

UDP-glucosyltransferase activity [inference]

glycogenin glucosyltransferase activity

binding [inference]

protein binding

ion binding [inference]

cation binding [inference]

metal ion binding

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

OrthoDB (Group)

Group level

Eukaryota

Group Name

glycogenin

Functional Category

G: Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
M: Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
T: Signal transduction mechanisms

Displaying **all 2** entries
InterPro
Glycosyl transferase, family 8
Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases

KEGG BRITE Database

Orthology

K00750

Name

glycogenin [EC:2.4.1.186]

References

8602861

Rhea

UDP-α-D-glucose

H⁺ + UDP

Enzyme

2.4.1.186

PMID

UDP-α-D-glucose

H⁺ + UDP

Enzyme

2.4.1.186

PMID

Ortholog

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Species	Gene ID	Alliance of Genome Resources	Orthologous MAtrix
Drosophila melanogaster	2992	FB:FBgn0265191
Xenopus tropicalis	8908	Xenbase:XB-GENE-5854708
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C	27357	SGD:S000003673
Xenopus tropicalis	37419	Xenbase:XB-GENE-5854708
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C	81675	SGD:S000003673
Xenopus tropicalis	180119	Xenbase:XB-GENE-5854708
Xenopus tropicalis	180644	Xenbase:XB-GENE-5854708
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C	394883	SGD:S000003673
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C	406831	SGD:S000003673
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C	415152	SGD:S000003673

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