{"symbol":"CHST9","synonyms":["GALNAC4ST-2","GALNAC4ST2"],"name":"carbohydrate (N-acetylgalactosamine 4-0) sulfotransferase 9","description":"The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the sulfotransferase 2 family. It is localized to the golgi membrane, and catalyzes the transfer of sulfate to position 4 of non-reducing N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) residues in both N-glycans and O-glycans. Sulfate groups on carbohydrates confer highly specific functions to glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans, and are critical for cell-cell interaction, signal transduction, and embryonic development. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":83539,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/83539","proteins":[{"symbol":"CHST9_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/CHST9_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Sulfotransferases","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Sulfotransferases"}]}