Type: | Family | Name: | Exostosin 3/Exostosin-like 3 |
Description: | There are five identiied human EXT family proteins (EXT1, EXT2, EXTL1, EXTL2 and EXTL3), which are members of the hereditary multiple exostoses family of tumor suppressors []. Exostosin-3 (EXT3) from Drosophila melanogaster and exostosin-like 3 (EXTL3) are N-acetylglucosamine transferases involved in heparan sulfate biosynthesis [, ]. This entry also include Caenorhabditis elegans exostosin-2 (also known as rib-2). In Caenorhabditis elegans, only two proteins, EXT1 (rib-1) and EXT2 (rib-2), homologous to the mammalian EXT genes have been identified []. | Short Name: | EXO3/EXOL3 |