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B4GALT6

Gene

beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 6

HGNCHGNC:929EnsemblENSG00000118276NCBI Gene9331
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 18q12.1

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asbeta4GalT-VI
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Alias symbolsbeta4GalT-VI
Previous namesUDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 6
Alias namesUDP-Gal:glucosylceramide beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Osteoarthritis
Cystic Fibrosis
Lung carcinoma
Glioblastoma
Astrocytoma
Friedreich Ataxia
Oligodendroglioma
Alzheimer's Disease

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Beta 4-glycosyltransferases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.