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Facts about Type 2 lactosamine alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase.
Has a restricted substrate specificity, it uses Gal-beta1,4-GlcNAc on glycoproteins, and neolactotetraosylceramide and neolactohexaosylceramide, but not lactotetraosylceramide, lactosylceramide or asialo-GM1. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ST3GAL6 |
Uniprot: | Q9Y274 |
Entrez: | 10402 |
Belongs to: |
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glycosyltransferase 29 family |
alpha2,3-sialyltransferase; CMP-NeuAc:beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase VI; EC 2.4.99; EC 2.4.99.-; EC 2.4.99.9; Sialyltransferase 10; SIAT10; ST3 beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase 6; ST3Gal VI; ST3GAL6; ST3GALVI; ST3GALVIsialyltransferase 10 (alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase VI); type 2 lactosamine alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase
Mass (kDA):
38.214 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3q12.1 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (98732236..98795845) |
Ubiquitous.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 10206952 by Okajima T., et al. Molecular cloning of a novel alpha2,3-sialyltransferase (ST3Gal VI) that sialylates type II lactosamine structures on glycoproteins and glycolipids.