sialyltransferase 8E; alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 8E (ST8SIA5, SIAT8E)

Function

• may be involved in the synthesis of gangliosides GD1c, GT1a, GQ1b & GT3 from GD1a, GT1b, GM1b & GD3 respectively
• protein modification; protein glycosylation

Structure

belongs to the glycosyltransferase 29 family

Compartment

Golgi membrane

Expression

• expressed in fetal & adult brain, adult heart & skeletal muscle

More general terms

• sialyltransferase
• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607162
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O15466.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=29906