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

ST8SIA4

Homo sapiens · CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.-)

GT29Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-AInverting3 PDB structure(s)

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolST8SIA4
Synonyms / alternate names
  • PST
  • PST1
  • SIAT8D
  • Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8D
  • Polysialyltransferase
  • Polysialyltransferase-1
  • Sialyltransferase 8D
  • Sialyltransferase St8Sia IV
UniProt accessionQ92187
NCBI Gene ID7903
Source speciesHomo sapiens
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionCMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.-)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus membrane
  • Secreted

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structures5Y22, 5Y3U, 6AHZ

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorCMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminate
Donor CCD code(s)NCC
Acceptor substrate(s)[N-acetyl-alpha-D-neuraminosyl-(2->8)](n)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

359 aa
MRSIRKRWTICTISLLLIFYKTKEIARTEEHQETQLIGDGELSLSRSLVNSSDKIIRKAGSSIFQHNVEGWKINSSLVLEIRKNILRFLDAERDVSVVKSSFKPGDVIHYVLDRRRTLNISHDLHSLLPEVSPMKNRRFKTCAVVGNSGILLDSECGKEIDSHNFVIRCNLAPVVEFAADVGTKSDFITMNPSVVQRAFGGFRNESDREKFVHRLSMLNDSVLWIPAFMVKGGEKHVEWVNALILKNKLKVRTAYPSLRLIHAVRGYWLTNKVPIKRPSTGLLMYTLATRFCDEIHLYGFWPFPKDLNGKAVKYHYYDDLKYRYFSNASPHRMPLEFKTLNVLHNRGALKLTTGKCVKQ

Catalytic domain sequence

247 aa
SFKPGDVIHYVLDRRRTLNISHDLHSLLPEVSPMKNRRFKTCAVVGNSGILLDSECGKEIDSHNFVIRCNLAPVVEFAADVGTKSDFITMNPSVVQRAFGGFRNESDREKFVHRLSMLNDSVLWIPAFMVKGGEKHVEWVNALILKNKLKVRTAYPSLRLIHAVRGYWLTNKVPIKRPSTGLLMYTLATRFCDEIHLYGFWPFPKDLNGKAVKYHYYDDLKYRYFSNASPHRMPLEFKTLNVLHNRG