Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP00265
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Alpha-N-acetylneuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8A
  2. Ganglioside GD3 synthase
  3. Ganglioside GT3 synthase
  4. SIAT8-A
  5. ST8SiaI
  6. Sialyltransferase 8A
  7. Sialytransferase St8Sia I
  8. Sialyltransferase St8Sia I
Gene Name ST8SIA1
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in sialyltransferase activity
Specific Function Involved in the production of gangliosides GD3 and GT3 from GM3; gangliosides are a subfamily of complex glycosphinglolipds that contain one or more residues of sialic acid.
GO Classification
Biological Process
protein glycosylation
carbohydrate metabolic process
cellular response to heat
positive regulation of cell proliferation
glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process
Cellular Component
integral to Golgi membrane
integral to membrane
Component
cell part
membrane part
intrinsic to membrane
intrinsic to organelle membrane
intrinsic to golgi membrane
integral to golgi membrane
Function
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups
sialyltransferase activity
Molecular Function
alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity
sialyltransferase activity
Process
metabolic process
macromolecule metabolic process
macromolecule modification
protein modification process
protein amino acid glycosylation
Cellular Location
  1. Golgi apparatus membrane
  2. Single-pass type II membrane protein (Potential)
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 12
Locus 12p12.1-p11.2
SNPs ST8SIA1
Gene Sequence
>1071 bp
ATGAGCCCCTGCGGGCGGGCCCGGCGACAAACGTCCAGAGGGGCCATGGCTGTACTGGCG
TGGAAGTTCCCGCGGACCCGGCTGCCCATGGGAGCCAGTGCCCTCTGTGTCGTGGTCCTC
TGTTGGCTCTACATCTTCCCCGTCTACCGGCTGCCCAACGAGAAAGAGATCGTGCAGGGG
GTGCTGCAACAGGGCACGGCGTGGAGGAGGAACCAGACCGCGGCCAGAGCGTTCAGGAAA
CAAATGGAAGACTGCTGCGACCCTGCCCATCTCTTTGCTATGACTAAAATGAATTCCCCT
ATGGGGAAGAGCATGTGGTATGACGGGGAGTTTTTATACTCATTCACCATTGACAATTCA
ACTTACTCTCTCTTCCCACAGGCAACCCCATTCCAGCTGCCATTGAAGAAATGCGCGGTG
GTGGGAAATGGTGGGATTCTGAAGAAGAGTGGCTGTGGCCGTCAAATAGATGAAGCAAAT
TTTGTCATGCGATGCAATCTCCCTCCTTTGTCAAGTGAATACACTAAGGATGTTGGATCC
AAAAGTCAGTTAGTGACAGCTAATCCCAGCATAATTCGGCAAAGGTTTCAGAACCTTCTG
TGGTCCAGAAAGACATTTGTGGACAACATGAAAATCTATAACCACAGTTACATCTACATG
CCTGCCTTTTCTATGAAGACAGGAACAGAGCCATCTTTGAGGGTTTATTATACACTGTCA
GATGTTGGTGCCAATCAAACAGTGCTGTTTGCCAACCCCAACTTTCTGCGTAGCATTGGA
AAGTTCTGGAAAAGTAGAGGAATCCATGCCAAGCGCCTGTCCACAGGACTTTTTCTGGTG
AGCGCAGCTCTGGGTCTCTGTGAAGAGGTGGCCATCTATGGCTTCTGGCCCTTCTCTGTG
AATATGCATGAGCAGCCCATCAGCCACCACTACTATGACAACGTCTTACCCTTTTCTGGC
TTCCATGCCATGCCCGAGGAATTTCTCCAACTCTGGTATCTTCATAAAATCGGTGCACTG
AGAATGCAGCTGGACCCATGTGAAGATACCTCACTCCAGCCCACTTCCTAG
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 356
Molecular Weight 40518.655
Theoretical pI 9.292
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Alpha-N-acetylneuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase
MSPCGRARRQTSRGAMAVLAWKFPRTRLPMGASALCVVVLCWLYIFPVYRLPNEKEIVQG
VLQQGTAWRRNQTAARAFRKQMEDCCDPAHLFAMTKMNSPMGKSMWYDGEFLYSFTIDNS
TYSLFPQATPFQLPLKKCAVVGNGGILKKSGCGRQIDEANFVMRCNLPPLSSEYTKDVGS
KSQLVTANPSIIRQRFQNLLWSRKTFVDNMKIYNHSYIYMPAFSMKTGTEPSLRVYYTLS
DVGANQTVLFANPNFLRSIGKFWKSRGIHAKRLSTGLFLVSAALGLCEEVAIYGFWPFSV
NMHEQPISHHYYDNVLPFSGFHAMPEEFLQLWYLHKIGALRMQLDPCEDTSLQPTS
GenBank ID Protein 510988
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q92185
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name SIA8A_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID X77922
GeneCard ID ST8SIA1
GenAtlas ID ST8SIA1
HGNC ID HGNC:10869
References
General References Not Available