| ncRNA Symbol: | ST8SIA1 |
| Full Name: | ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 1 |
| Category: | mRNA |
| Synonyms: | GD3S|SIAT8|SIAT8-A|SIAT8A|ST8SiaI |
| Chromosome: | chr12 |
| Strand: | - |
| Coordinate: | | Start Site(bp): | 22063773 | End Site(bp): | 22437041 |
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| Gene Summary: | Gangliosides are membrane-bound glycosphingolipids containing sialic acid. Ganglioside GD3 is known to be important for cell adhesion and growth of cultured malignant cells. The protein encoded by this gene is a type II membrane protein that catalyzes the transfer of sialic acid from CMP-sialic acid to GM3 to produce gangliosides GD3 and GT3. The encoded protein may be found in the Golgi apparatus and is a member of glycosyltransferase family 29. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015] |
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