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St8sia3

Mus musculus · Alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase ST8SIA3 (EC 2.4.3.-; 2.4.3.8)

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

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT29 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolSt8sia3
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Siat8c
  • Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8C
  • Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase III
  • Ganglioside GD3 synthase ST8SIA3
  • ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 3
  • Sia alpha 2,3Gal beta 1,4GlcNAc alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase
  • Sialyltransferase 8C
  • Sialyltransferase St8Sia III
UniProt accessionQ64689
NCBI Gene ID20451
Source speciesMus musculus
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase ST8SIA3 (EC 2.4.3.-; 2.4.3.8)
Subcellular locationGolgi apparatus membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-A
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statehomodimer
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorCMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminate
Donor CCD code(s)NCC
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • a ganglioside GM3 (d18:1(4E))
  • a ganglioside GM3
  • an N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl derivative
  • an N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl derivative
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

380 aa
MRNCKMARVASVLGLVMLSVALLILSLISYVSLKKENIFTTPKYASPGAPRMYMFHAGFRSQFALKFLDQSFVPITNSLTHELQEKPSKWTFNRTAFLHQRQEILQHVDVIKNFSLTKSSVRIGQLMHYDYSSHKYVFSISNNFRSLLPDVSPIMNKRYNVCAVVGNSGILTGSQCGQEIDKSDFVFRCNFAPTEAFHKDVGRKTNLTTFNPSILEKYYNNLLTIQDRNNFFLSLKKLDGAILWIPAFFFHTSATVTRTLVDFFVEHRGQLKVQLAWPGNIMQHVNRYWKNKHLSPKRLSTGILMYTLASAICEEIHLYGFWPFGFDPNTREDLPYHYYDKKGTKFTTKWQESHQLPAEFQLLYRMHGEGLTKLTLSHCA

Catalytic domain sequence

285 aa
FNRTAFLHQRQEILQHVDVIKNFSLTKSSVRIGQLMHYDYSSHKYVFSISNNFRSLLPDVSPIMNKRYNVCAVVGNSGILTGSQCGQEIDKSDFVFRCNFAPTEAFHKDVGRKTNLTTFNPSILEKYYNNLLTIQDRNNFFLSLKKLDGAILWIPAFFFHTSATVTRTLVDFFVEHRGQLKVQLAWPGNIMQHVNRYWKNKHLSPKRLSTGILMYTLASAICEEIHLYGFWPFGFDPNTREDLPYHYYDKKGTKFTTKWQESHQLPAEFQLLYRMHGEGLTKLTL