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Facts about CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ST8SIA4 |
Uniprot: | Q92187 |
Entrez: | 7903 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 29 family |
Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8D; CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyl transferase; CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase; EC 2.4.99; EC 2.4.99.-; polysialyltransferase-1; PST1; PST1MGC61459; PSTMGC34450; sialyltransferase 8 (alpha-2, 8-polysialytransferase) D; Sialyltransferase 8D; Sialytransferase St8Sia IV; SIAT8D; SIAT8-D; ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 4; ST8SIA4; ST8SIAIV; ST8SIA-IV
Mass (kDA):
41.295 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 5q21.1 |
Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (100806933..100903282, complement) |
Highly expressed in fetal brain, lung and kidney and in adult heart, spleen and thymus. Present to a lesser extent in adult brain, placenta, lung, large and small intestine and peripheral blood leukocytes.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 7624364 by Nakayama J., et al. Expression cloning of a human polysialyltransferase that forms the polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule present in embryonic brain.
PMID: 11279095 by Angata K., et al. Unique disulfide bond structures found in ST8Sia IV polysialyltransferase are required for its activity.