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ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 1

Summary
Gene Symbol
  • ST8SIA1
Organism
Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)
NCBI Gene
465341
KEGG Gene ID
ptr:465341
PubChem
465341
Annotation
Keyword
  • Disulfide bond
  • Glycoprotein
  • Glycosyltransferase
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Lipid biosynthesis
  • Reference proteome
  • Signal-anchor
  • Sphingolipid metabolism
  • Transmembrane helix
Proteins
Displaying 1 entry
UniProt Protein Name
P61642
  • Alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8A
  • Ganglioside GD3 synthase
  • Ganglioside GT3 synthase
  • Sialyltransferase 8A
  • Sialyltransferase St8Sia I
Annotation information from UniProt.
Gene Ontology (GO)
Displaying all 4 entries
GO Term Evidence Code PMID
protein glycosylation
N-glycan processing
sphingolipid metabolic process
oligosaccharide metabolic process
GO Hierarchy
Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.
OrthoDB (Group)
Group level
Eukaryota
Group Name
Sialyltransferase
Functional Category
  • H: Coenzyme transport and metabolism
  • M: Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
  • T: Signal transduction mechanisms
Displaying all 2 entries
Gene Ontology
sialyltransferase activity
transferase activity
Displaying all 2 entries
InterPro
GT29-like superfamiliy
Glycosyl transferase family 29
KEGG BRITE Database
Orthology
K03371
Name
alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase (sialyltransferase 8A) [EC:2.4.3.8]
References
Reactions
Displaying all 4 entries
KEGG Reaction Enzyme Acceptor Product
R13175
R05947
R05940
R06032
Rhea

RHEA:19313

an N-acetyl-α-neuraminyl-(2→3)-β-D-galactosyl derivative + CMP-N-acetyl-β-neuraminate
an N-acetyl-α-neuraminyl-(2→8)-N-acetyl-α-neuraminyl-(2→3)-β-D-galactosyl derivative + H+ + CMP
Enzyme
PMID
Ortholog
Displaying entries 21 - 30 of 75 in total
Species Gene ID Alliance of Genome Resources Orthologous MAtrix
100920916 SARHA14789
100950426 OTOGA09784
100970748 PANPA09804
101010038 PAPAN39891
101042881 SAIBB11139
101093029 FELCA15565
101117321 SHEEP14807
101134419 GORGO06517
101321581 TURTR04764
101566441 OCTDE12911
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