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

ST6GALNAC3

Homo sapiens · Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 3 (EC 2.4.3.7)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST6GALNAC3
Synonyms / alternate names
  • SIAT7C
  • GalNAc alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase III
  • ST6GalNAc III
  • STY
  • Sialyltransferase 7C
UniProt accessionQ8NDV1
NCBI Gene ID256435
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 3 (EC 2.4.3.7)
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)
  • an alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->3)-D-GlcNAc derivative
  • a ganglioside GM1b (d18:1(4E))
  • a globoside MSGG
  • 3-O-[alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->3)-alpha-D-GalNAc]-L-Ser-[protein]
  • 3-O-[alpha-Neu5Ac-(2->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->3)-alpha-D-GalNAc]-L-Thr-[protein]
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

305 aa
MACILKRKSVIAVSFIAAFLFLLVVRLVNEVNFPLLLNCFGQPGTKWIPFSYTYRRPLRTHYGYINVKTQEPLQLDCDLCAIVSNSGQMVGQKVGNEIDRSSCIWRMNNAPTKGYEEDVGRMTMIRVVSHTSVPLLLKNPDYFFKEANTTIYVIWGPFRNMRKDGNGIVYNMLKKTVGIYPNAQIYVTTEKRMSYCDGVFKKETGKDRVQSGSYLSTGWFTFLLAMDACYGIHVYGMINDTYCKTEGYRKVPYHYYEQGRDECDEYFLHEHAPYGGHRFITEKKVFAKWAKKHRIIFTHPNWTLS

Catalytic domain sequence

221 aa
EPLQLDCDLCAIVSNSGQMVGQKVGNEIDRSSCIWRMNNAPTKGYEEDVGRMTMIRVVSHTSVPLLLKNPDYFFKEANTTIYVIWGPFRNMRKDGNGIVYNMLKKTVGIYPNAQIYVTTEKRMSYCDGVFKKETGKDRVQSGSYLSTGWFTFLLAMDACYGIHVYGMINDTYCKTEGYRKVPYHYYEQGRDECDEYFLHEHAPYGGHRFITEKKVFAKWAK