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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

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

St3gal5

Rattus norvegicus · Lactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.9)

GT29Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-AInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolSt3gal5
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Siat9
  • CMP-NeuAc:lactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase
  • Ganglioside GM3 synthase
  • ST3Gal V
  • Sialyltransferase 9
UniProt accessionQ68G12
NCBI Gene ID83505
Source speciesRattus norvegicus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level4

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionLactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.3.9)
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 beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-Glc-(1<->1)-Cer(d18:1(4E))
  • ganglioside GA2 (d18:1(4E)/18:0)
  • a beta-D-Gal-(1<->1')-ceramide
  • ganglioside GA1 (d18:1(4E)/18:0)
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

387 aa
MPNEFTSAKLRSDCSRTSLQWYTQTQHKMRRPSLLLKDILKCMLVVFGVWLLYILKLNYTAEECDMKKLNYVDPARIKRAHRNTQEVFQKECRPGHAKKTMDLLFKGKYSMDLEPFVQKIPTASEAELKYDPPFGFRKFSSKVQSLLDMLPEHDFPEHLRAKHCKRCVVIGNGGILHGLELGHALNQFDVVIRLNSAPIEGYSEHVGNKTTIRMTYPEGAPLSDAEYYANDLFVAVLFKSVDFKWLQAMVKNESLPFWIRLFFWKQVAEKIPLQPKHFRILNPVIIKETAFDILQYSEPQSRFWGHDKNIPTIGIIAIVLATHLCDEVSLAGFGYDLSQPRTPLHYFDSQCMGAMNWQVMHNVTTETQFLQKLIKEGVVQDLSGGIH

Catalytic domain sequence

255 aa
SEAELKYDPPFGFRKFSSKVQSLLDMLPEHDFPEHLRAKHCKRCVVIGNGGILHGLELGHALNQFDVVIRLNSAPIEGYSEHVGNKTTIRMTYPEGAPLSDAEYYANDLFVAVLFKSVDFKWLQAMVKNESLPFWIRLFFWKQVAEKIPLQPKHFRILNPVIIKETAFDILQYSEPQSRFWGHDKNIPTIGIIAIVLATHLCDEVSLAGFGYDLSQPRTPLHYFDSQCMGAMNWQVMHNVTTETQFLQKLIKEGV