ST8SIA6

ST8SIA6
Identifiers
Aliases	ST8SIA6, SIA8F, SIAT8F, ST8SIA-VI, ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6, ST8SiaVI, SIAT8-F
External IDs	OMIM: 610139; MGI: 2386797; HomoloGene: 17112; GeneCards: ST8SIA6; OMA:ST8SIA6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (human)
End	17,454,595 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	13,798,875 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; gonad; ; substantia nigra; ; apex of heart; ; left ventricle; ; right auricle of heart; ; epithelium of colon; ; lung; ; thymus; ; white blood cell;
	Top expressed in
	conjunctival fornix; ; transitional epithelium of urinary bladder; ; substantia nigra; ; epithelium of stomach; ; hair follicle; ; cornea; ; lateral septal nucleus; ; lacrimal gland; ; ciliary body; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	transferase activity; sialyltransferase activity; glycosyltransferase activity; alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; Golgi membrane; Golgi apparatus; membrane;
Biological process	glycolipid biosynthetic process; sialylation; protein glycosylation; protein O-linked glycosylation; glycoprotein metabolic process; oligosaccharide metabolic process; ganglioside biosynthetic process; carbohydrate biosynthetic process; blastocyst hatching;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	338596
	241230
	ENSG00000148488
	ENSMUSG00000003418
	P61647
	Q8K4T1
	NM_001004470; NM_001345961
	NM_145838
	NP_001004470; NP_001332890
	NP_665837
	Wikidata
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ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ST8SIA6 gene.