GT-CORE (public beta v1)

Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

ST3GAL6

Homo sapiens · Type 2 lactosamine alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.6)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

External resources

Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST3GAL6
Synonyms / alternate names
  • SIAT10
  • CMP-NeuAc:beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase VI
  • ST3Gal VI
  • Sialyltransferase 10
UniProt accessionQ9Y274
NCBI Gene ID10402
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionType 2 lactosamine alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.6)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorCMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminate
Donor CCD code(s)NCC
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a neolactoside nLc4Cer(d18:1(4E))
  • a beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl derivative
  • a neolactoside nLc6Cer(d18:1(4E))
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

331 aa
MRGYLVAIFLSAVFLYYVLHCILWGTNVYWVAPVEMKRRNKIQPCLSKPAFASLLRFHQFHPFLCAADFRKIASLYGSDKFDLPYGMRTSAEYFRLALSKLQSCDLFDEFDNIPCKKCVVVGNGGVLKNKTLGEKIDSYDVIIRMNNGPVLGHEEEVGRRTTFRLFYPESVFSDPIHNDPNTTVILTAFKPHDLRWLLELLMGDKINTNGFWKKPALNLIYKPYQIRILDPFIIRTAAYELLHFPKVFPKNQKPKHPTTGIIAITLAFYICHEVHLAGFKYNFSDLKSPLHYYGNATMSLMNKNAYHNVTAEQLFLKDIIEKNLVINLTQD

Catalytic domain sequence

256 aa
DFRKIASLYGSDKFDLPYGMRTSAEYFRLALSKLQSCDLFDEFDNIPCKKCVVVGNGGVLKNKTLGEKIDSYDVIIRMNNGPVLGHEEEVGRRTTFRLFYPESVFSDPIHNDPNTTVILTAFKPHDLRWLLELLMGDKINTNGFWKKPALNLIYKPYQIRILDPFIIRTAAYELLHFPKVFPKNQKPKHPTTGIIAITLAFYICHEVHLAGFKYNFSDLKSPLHYYGNATMSLMNKNAYHNVTAEQLFLKDIIEKN