Entrez gene ID | | 7903 |
Official gene symbol | | ST8SIA4 |
Full name | | ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 4 |
Aliases | | ,MGC34450,MGC61459,PST,PST1,SIAT8D,ST8SIA-IV, |
Gene summary | | The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the polycondensation of alpha-2,8-linked sialic acid required for the synthesis of polysialic acid, a modulator of the adhesive properties of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM1). The encoded protein, which is a member of glycosyltransferase family 29, is a type II membrane protein that may be present in the Golgi apparatus. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 5 Locus: 5q21 |
Gene position | | 100238987 - 100142639 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 96349 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 602547 |
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