UGT2B15

UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B15 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT2B15 gene.[5][6]

UGT2B15
Identifiers
AliasesUGT2B15, HLUG4, UDPGT 2B8, UDPGT2B15, UDPGTH3, UGT2B8, UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 2 member B15
External IDsOMIM: 600069; MGI: 1919023; HomoloGene: 133957; GeneCards: UGT2B15; OMA:UGT2B15 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

7366

71773

Ensembl

ENSG00000277132
ENSG00000196620

ENSMUSG00000035836

UniProt

P54855

Q8R084

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001076

NM_152811

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001067

NP_690024

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 68.65 – 68.67 MbChr 5: 87.06 – 87.07 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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The UGTs are of major importance in the conjugation and subsequent elimination of potentially toxic xenobiotics and endogenous compounds. UGT2B8 demonstrates reactivity with estriol. See UGT2B4 (MIM 600067).[supplied by OMIM][6]

References

  1. ENSG00000196620 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000277132, ENSG00000196620 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035836 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Monaghan G, Clarke DJ, Povey S, See CG, Boxer M, Burchell B (Feb 1995). "Isolation of a human YAC contig encompassing a cluster of UGT2 genes and its regional localization to chromosome 4q13". Genomics. 23 (2): 496–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1531. PMID 7835904.
  6. "Entrez Gene: UGT2B15 UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2 family, polypeptide B15".

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