CHST6
Template:PBB Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CHST6 gene.[1][2][3]
It codes for an enzyme necessary for the production of keratan sulfate. Mutations in the gene lead to macular corneal dystrophy.
References
- ^ Vance JM, Jonasson F, Lennon F, Sarrica J, Damji KF, Stauffer J, Pericak-Vance MA, Klintworth GK (Jul 1996). "Linkage of a gene for macular corneal dystrophy to chromosome 16". Am J Hum Genet. 58 (4): 757–62. PMC 1914688. PMID 8644739.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Akama TO, Nishida K, Nakayama J, Watanabe H, Ozaki K, Nakamura T, Dota A, Kawasaki S, Inoue Y, Maeda N, Yamamoto S, Fujiwara T, Thonar EJ, Shimomura Y, Kinoshita S, Tanigami A, Fukuda MN (Nov 2000). "Macular corneal dystrophy type I and type II are caused by distinct mutations in a new sulphotransferase gene". Nat Genet. 26 (2): 237–41. doi:10.1038/79987. PMID 11017086.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Entrez Gene: CHST6 carbohydrate (N-acetylglucosamine 6-O) sulfotransferase 6".
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