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

ST6GALNAC4

Homo sapiens · Alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminyl-2,3-beta-galactosyl-1,3-N-acetyl-galactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.7)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST6GALNAC4
Synonyms / alternate names
  • SIAT3C
  • SIAT7D
  • NeuAc-alpha-2,3-Gal-beta-1,3-GalNAc-alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase
  • ST6GalNAc IV
  • Sialyltransferase 3C
  • Sialyltransferase 7D
UniProt accessionQ9H4F1
NCBI Gene ID27090
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-N-acetyl-neuraminyl-2,3-beta-galactosyl-1,3-N-acetyl-galactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase (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
  • N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine
  • a ganglioside GM1b (d18:1(4E))
  • 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

302 aa
MKAPGRLVLIILCSVVFSAVYILLCCWAGLPLCLATCLDHHFPTGSRPTVPGPLHFSGYSSVPDGKPLVREPCRSCAVVSSSGQMLGSGLGAEIDSAECVFRMNQAPTVGFEADVGQRSTLRVVSHTSVPLLLRNYSHYFQKARDTLYMVWGQGRHMDRVLGGRTYRTLLQLTRMYPGLQVYTFTERMMAYCDQIFQDETGKNRRQSGSFLSTGWFTMILALELCEEIVVYGMVSDSYCREKSHPSVPYHYFEKGRLDECQMYLAHEQAPRSAHRFITEKAVFSRWAKKRPIVFAHPSWRTE

Catalytic domain sequence

217 aa
KPLVREPCRSCAVVSSSGQMLGSGLGAEIDSAECVFRMNQAPTVGFEADVGQRSTLRVVSHTSVPLLLRNYSHYFQKARDTLYMVWGQGRHMDRVLGGRTYRTLLQLTRMYPGLQVYTFTERMMAYCDQIFQDETGKNRRQSGSFLSTGWFTMILALELCEEIVVYGMVSDSYCREKSHPSVPYHYFEKGRLDECQMYLAHEQAPRSAHRFITEKAV