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Gys2 glycogen synthase 2 [ Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster) ]

Gene ID: 100770628, updated on 8-Mar-2024

Summary

Gene symbol
Gys2
Gene description
glycogen synthase 2
Locus tag
I79_009910
See related
Ensembl:ENSCGRG00015011004
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Cricetulus griseus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Cricetidae; Cricetinae; Cricetulus
Orthologs
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Genomic context

Location:
chromosome: 8
Exon count:
16
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
104 current CriGri_1.0 (GCF_000223135.1) Unplaced Scaffold NW_003613944.1 (531491..568547)
104 current CriGri-PICRH-1.0 (GCF_003668045.3) 8 NC_048601.1 (7136431..7173516)

NW_003613944.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 8 Neighboring gene lactate dehydrogenase B Neighboring gene spexin hormone Neighboring gene golgi transport 1B

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

General gene information

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables glycogen (starch) synthase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in glycogen biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
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General protein information

Preferred Names
glycogen [starch] synthase, liver
Names
Glycogen [starch] synthase, liver
glycogen synthase 2 (liver)

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Reference CriGri_1.0 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NW_003613944.1 Reference CriGri_1.0 Primary Assembly

    Range
    531491..568547
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_003503164.3XP_003503212.1  glycogen [starch] synthase, liver

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8C2LZL4, G3HH15
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd03793
    Location:27615
    GT1_Glycogen_synthase_GSY2_like; Glycogen synthase, which is most closely related to the GT1 family of glycosyltransferases, catalyzes the transfer of a glucose molecule from UDP-glucose to a terminal branch of a glycogen molecule, a rate-limit step of glycogen biosynthesis. GSY2, the ...
    pfam05693
    Location:32636
    Glycogen_syn; Glycogen synthase

Alternate CriGri-PICRH-1.0

Genomic

  1. NC_048601.1 Alternate CriGri-PICRH-1.0

    Range
    7136431..7173516
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_027430169.2XP_027285970.1  glycogen [starch] synthase, liver

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A9J7GJE5, G3HH15
    Related
    ENSCGRP00015014328.1, ENSCGRT00015017559.2