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Facts about CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-beta-galactosamide-alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 2.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ST3GAL2 |
| Uniprot: | Q16842 |
| Entrez: | 6483 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| glycosyltransferase 29 family |

Alpha 2,3-ST 2; Beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 2; beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialytransferase; CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-beta-galactosamide-alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 2; EC 2.4.99.4; EC 2.4.99.7; Gal-beta-1,3-GalNAc-alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase; Gal-NAc6S; sialyltransferase 4B (beta-galactosidase alpha-2,3-sialytransferase); Sialyltransferase 4B; SIAT4B; SIAT4-B; ST3 beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 2; ST3GAL2; ST3GalA.2; ST3GalA.2ST3Gal II; ST3GALII
Mass (kDA):
40.173 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16q22.1 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (70375977..70439100, complement) |
Highly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart and to a much lesser extent in brain, placenta, liver and pancreas. Scarcely detectable in lung and kidney.
Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Secreted. Membrane-bound form in trans cisternae of Golgi. Secreted into the body fluid.




PMID: 8920913 by Kim Y.-J., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human Gal beta 1,3GalNAc alpha 2,3-sialyltransferase (hST3Gal II).
PMID: 9266697 by Giordanengo V., et al. Cloning and expression of cDNA for a human Gal(beta1-3)GalNAc alpha2,3-sialyltransferase from the CEM T-cell line.