Mpdu1 - mannose-P-dolichol utilization defect 1

This gene encodes a member of the PQ-loop superfamily. A similar gene in human encodes a protein that is required for monosaccharide-P-dolichol-dependent glycosyltransferase reactions, and disruption of this gene is the cause of congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) type 1F, a disease linked to defects in protein N-glycosylation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2014]