ZK896.9 encodes a Golgi apparatus transporter for UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine (UDP-GalNAc); ZK896.9 is orthologous to human SLC35A3 (OMIM:605632) and paralogous to C03H5.2 and SRF-3; ZK896.9 has no obvious function in RNAi assays, but this could reflect genetic redundancy with its paralogs; ZK896.9 activity has been experimentally confirmed by heterologous expression in budding yeast, Chinese hamster cells, and Giardia lamblia.
Predicted to enable UDP-galactose transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in UDP-galactose transmembrane transport and carbohydrate transport. Predicted to be located in Golgi membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIm. Is an ortholog of human SLC35A2 (solute carrier family 35 member A2).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.