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

ST6GALNAC2

Homo sapiens · Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.3.3)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting2 PDB structure(s)

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST6GALNAC2
Synonyms / alternate names
  • SIAT7B
  • SIATL1
  • STHM
  • GalNAc alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase II
  • ST6GalNAc II
  • SThM
  • Sialyltransferase 7B
UniProt accessionQ9UJ37
NCBI Gene ID10610
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2 (EC 2.4.3.3)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structures6APJ, 6APL

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorCMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminate
Donor CCD code(s)NCC
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl derivative
  • a 3-O-[N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl]-L-threonyl-[protein]
  • a 3-O-[N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminyl]-L-threonyl-[protein]
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

374 aa
MGLPRGSFFWLLLLLTAACSGLLFALYFSAVQRYPGPAAGARDTTSFEAFFQSKASNSWTGKGQACRHLLHLAIQRHPHFRGLFNLSIPVLLWGDLFTPALWDRLSQHKAPYGWRGLSHQVIASTLSLLNGSESAKLFAPPRDTPPKCIRCAVVGNGGILNGSRQGPNIDAHDYVFRLNGAVIKGFERDVGTKTSFYGFTVNTMKNSLVSYWNLGFTSVPQGQDLQYIFIPSDIRDYVMLRSAILGVPVPEGLDKGDRPHAYFGPEASASKFKLLHPDFISYLTERFLKSKLINTHFGDLYMPSTGALMLLTALHTCDQVSAYGFITSNYWKFSDHYFERKMKPLIFYANHDLSLEAALWRDLHKAGILQLYQR

Catalytic domain sequence

272 aa
FTPALWDRLSQHKAPYGWRGLSHQVIASTLSLLNGSESAKLFAPPRDTPPKCIRCAVVGNGGILNGSRQGPNIDAHDYVFRLNGAVIKGFERDVGTKTSFYGFTVNTMKNSLVSYWNLGFTSVPQGQDLQYIFIPSDIRDYVMLRSAILGVPVPEGLDKGDRPHAYFGPEASASKFKLLHPDFISYLTERFLKSKLINTHFGDLYMPSTGALMLLTALHTCDQVSAYGFITSNYWKFSDHYFERKMKPLIFYANHDLSLEAALWRDLHKAGI