Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 16, Polypeptide GalNAc transferase 16, GalNAc-T16, Polypeptide GalNAc transferase-like protein 1, GalNAc-T-like protein 1, pp-GaNTase-like protein 1, Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-like protein 1, Protein-UDP acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-like protein 1, UDP-GalNAc:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-like protein 1, GALNT16, GALNTL1, KIAA1130
GALNTL1 belongs to the glycosyltransferase 2 family, GalNAc-T subfamily. It contains 1 ricin B type lectin domain. GALNTL1 may catalyze the initial reaction in O-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis, the transfer of an N-acetyl-D-galactosamine residue to a serine or threonine residue on the protein receptor.