sialyltransferase 7B; alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase II; gal-beta-1,3-GalNAc alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase (SIAT7B, ST6GALNAC2)

Function

• protein modification; protein glycosylation

CMP-N-acetylneuraminate +
glycano-beta-D-galactosyl-1,3-(N-acetyl-D-galactosaminyl)- glycoprotein
        <-->
CMP + glycano-beta-D-galactosyl-(2,6-alpha-N-acetylneuraminyl)- (N-acetyl-D-galactosaminyl)-glycoprotein

Structure

belongs to the glycosyltransferase 29 family

Compartment

Golgi membrane

Expression

• expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, kidney, placenta, lung & leukocytes

More general terms

• sialyltransferase
• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1061
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UJ37.html