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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

ST6GAL2

Homo sapiens · Beta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.3.1)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST6GAL2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • KIAA1877
  • SIAT2
  • CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-beta-galactosamide-alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2
  • ST6Gal II
  • Sialyltransferase 2
UniProt accessionQ96JF0
NCBI Gene ID84620
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionBeta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.3.1)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Golgi stack 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 beta-D-galactoside
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

529 aa
MKPHLKQWRQRMLFGIFAWGLLFLLIFIYFTDSNPAEPVPSSLSFLETRRLLPVQGKQRAIMGAAHEPSPPGGLDARQALPRAHPAGSFHAGPGDLQKWAQSQDGFEHKEFFSSQVGRKSQSAFYPEDDDYFFAAGQPGWHSHTQGTLGFPSPGEPGPREGAFPAAQVQRRRVKKRHRRQRRSHVLEEGDDGDRLYSSMSRAFLYRLWKGNVSSKMLNPRLQKAMKDYLTANKHGVRFRGKREAGLSRAQLLCQLRSRARVRTLDGTEAPFSALGWRRLVPAVPLSQLHPRGLRSCAVVMSAGAILNSSLGEEIDSHDAVLRFNSAPTRGYEKDVGNKTTIRIINSQILTNPSHHFIDSSLYKDVILVAWDPAPYSANLNLWYKKPDYNLFTPYIQHRQRNPNQPFYILHPKFIWQLWDIIQENTKEKIQPNPPSSGFIGILIMMSMCREVHVYEYIPSVRQTELCHYHELYYDAACTLGAYHPLLYEKLLVQRLNMGTQGDLHRKGKVVLPGFQAVHCPAPSPVIPHS

Catalytic domain sequence

213 aa
PLSQLHPRGLRSCAVVMSAGAILNSSLGEEIDSHDAVLRFNSAPTRGYEKDVGNKTTIRIINSQILTNPSHHFIDSSLYKDVILVAWDPAPYSANLNLWYKKPDYNLFTPYIQHRQRNPNQPFYILHPKFIWQLWDIIQENTKEKIQPNPPSSGFIGILIMMSMCREVHVYEYIPSVRQTELCHYHELYYDAACTLGAYHPLLYEKLLVQRLN