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Facts about Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8B.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ST8SIA2 |
Uniprot: | Q92186 |
Entrez: | 8128 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 29 family |
alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8B 1; alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8B; EC 2.4.99; EC 2.4.99.-; HsT19690; MGC116854; MGC116857; sialyltransferase 8 (alpha-2, 8-sialytransferase) B; Sialyltransferase 8B; Sialyltransferase X; Sialytransferase St8Sia II; SIAT8B; SIAT8-B; ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 2; ST8SIA2; ST8SiaII; ST8SIA-II; STX; STXST8SiaII
Mass (kDA):
42.43 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 15q26.1 |
Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (92393881..92468728) |
Highly expressed in fetal brain, kidney and heart and to a much lesser extent in adult heart and thymus.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 7559389 by Scheidegger E.P., et al. A human STX cDNA confers polysialic acid expression in mammalian cells.
PMID: 9054414 by Angata K., et al. Human STX polysialyltransferase forms the embryonic form of the neural cell adhesion molecule. Tissue-specific expression, neurite outgrowth, and chromosomal localization in comparison with another polysialyltransferase, PST.