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Facts about Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 7.
Also able to catalyze the transfer of sulfate to position 6 of the N- acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) residue of chondroitin. Also acts on core two mucin-type oligosaccharide and N-acetyllactosamine oligomer with a lower efficacy.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CHST7 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NS84 |
| Entrez: | 56548 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| sulfotransferase 1 family |

C6ST2; carbohydrate (N-acetylglucosamine 6-O) sulfotransferase 7; Carbohydrate Sulfotransferase 7; CHST7; GlcNAc6ST-4; GST-5
Mass (kDA):
54.266 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xp11.3 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (46573765..46598496) |
Widely expressed. Highly expressed in heart, spleen, liver and ovary. Expressed at lower level in brain, placenta, thyroid, spinal cord and peripheral blood leukocytes. Not expressed in adult skin.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.




PMID: 10913333 by Uchimura K., et al. Diversity of N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferases: molecular cloning of a novel enzyme with different distribution and specificities.
PMID: 10781596 by Kitagawa H., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of a novel chondroitin 6-O- sulfotransferase.