ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6 is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the ST8SIA6
gene.
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Function
Sialic acid Sialic acids are a class of alpha-keto acid sugars with a nine-carbon backbone.
The term "sialic acid" (from the Greek for saliva, - ''sÃalon'') was first introduced by Swedish biochemist Gunnar Blix in 1952. The most common member of this gr ...
is a key determinate of
oligosaccharide structures involved in cell-cell communication, cell-substrate interaction,
adhesion, and
protein targeting
:''This article deals with protein targeting in eukaryotes unless specified otherwise.''
Protein targeting or protein sorting is the biological mechanism by which proteins are transported to their appropriate destinations within or outside the ce ...
. ST8SIA6 belongs to a family of
sialyltransferases (EC 2.4.99.8) that synthesize sialylglycoconjugates (Takashima et al., 2002
ubMed 11980897.
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