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

ST6GALNAC5

Homo sapiens · Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 5 (EC 2.4.99.-)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST6GALNAC5
Synonyms / alternate names
  • SIAT7E
  • GD1 alpha synthase
  • GalNAc alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase V
  • ST6GalNAc V
  • Sialyltransferase 7E
UniProt accessionQ9BVH7
NCBI Gene ID81849
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 5 (EC 2.4.99.-)
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 ganglioside GM1b (d18:1(4E))
  • N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-(1->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-beta-D-glucosyl-(1<->1')-N-acyl-sphing-4-enine
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

336 aa
MKTLMRHGLAVCLALTTMCTSLLLVYSSLGGQKERPPQQQQQQQQQQQQASATGSSQPAAESSTQQRPGVPAGPRPLDGYLGVADHKPLKMHCRDCALVTSSGHLLHSRQGSQIDQTECVIRMNDAPTRGYGRDVGNRTSLRVIAHSSIQRILRNRHDLLNVSQGTVFIFWGPSSYMRRDGKGQVYNNLHLLSQVLPRLKAFMITRHKMLQFDELFKQETGKDRKISNTWLSTGWFTMTIALELCDRINVYGMVPPDFCRDPNHPSVPYHYYEPFGPDECTMYLSHERGRKGSHHRFITEKRVFKNWARTFNIHFFQPDWKPESLAINHPENKPVF

Catalytic domain sequence

218 aa
KPLKMHCRDCALVTSSGHLLHSRQGSQIDQTECVIRMNDAPTRGYGRDVGNRTSLRVIAHSSIQRILRNRHDLLNVSQGTVFIFWGPSSYMRRDGKGQVYNNLHLLSQVLPRLKAFMITRHKMLQFDELFKQETGKDRKISNTWLSTGWFTMTIALELCDRINVYGMVPPDFCRDPNHPSVPYHYYEPFGPDECTMYLSHERGRKGSHHRFITEKRVF