This gene was initially thought to represent a pseudogene of galectin 9; however, this transcript has good exon-intron structure and encodes a predicted protein of the same size as and highly similar to galectin 9. This gene is one of two similar loci on chromosome 17p similar to galectin 9 and now thought to be protein-encoding. This gene is the more telomeric gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Function:
Binds galactosides. Contains 2 galectin domains.
Similarity:
Contains 2 galectin domains.
SWISS:
Q6DKI2
Gene ID:
654346
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 654346 Human
SwissProt: Q6DKI2 Human
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