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Facts about Alpha-N-acetylneuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ST8SIA1 |
| Uniprot: | Q92185 |
| Entrez: | 6489 |

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

Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8A; alpha-N-acetylneuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase; disialoganglioside (GD3) synthase; Ganglioside GD3 synthase; Ganglioside GT3 synthase; ganglioside-specific alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase; GD3 synthase); GD3S; sialyltransferase 8 (alpha-N-acetylneuraminate: alpha-2,8-sialytransferase, GD3synthase) A; sialyltransferase 8A (alpha-N-acetylneuraminate: alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase; Sialyltransferase 8A; Sialytransferase St8Sia I; SIAT8A; SIAT8-A; SIAT8EC 2.4.99.8; ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 1; ST8SIA1; ST8SiaI
Mass (kDA):
40.519 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12p12.1 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (22193391..22334714, complement) |
Strongly expressed in melanoma cell lines, adult and fetal brain and to a lesser extent in adult and fetal lung.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.




PMID: 8195250 by Sasaki K., et al. Expression cloning of a GM3-specific alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase (GD3 synthase).
PMID: 8058740 by Nara K., et al. Expression cloning of a CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase (GD3 synthase) from human melanoma cells.