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ST6GALNAC6
Introduction
Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ST6GALNAC6 gene.[1][2]
References
References
- ↑ Tsuchida A, Okajima T, Furukawa K, Ando T, Ishida H, Yoshida A, Nakamura Y, Kannagi R, Kiso M, Furukawa K (Jun 2003). “Synthesis of disialyl Lewis a (Le(a)) structure in colon cancer cell lines by a sialyltransferase, ST6GalNAc VI, responsible for the synthesis of alpha-series gangliosides”. J Biol Chem. 278 (25): 22787–94. doi:10.1074/jbc.M211034200. PMID 12668675.
- ↑ “Entrez Gene: ST6GALNAC6 ST6 (alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminyl-2,3-beta-galactosyl-1,3)-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 6”.
Further reading
Further reading
- Senda M, Ito A, Tsuchida A, et al. (2007). “Identification and expression of a sialyltransferase responsible for the synthesis of disialylgalactosylgloboside in normal and malignant kidney cells: downregulation of ST6GalNAc VI in renal cancers”. Biochem. J. 402 (3): 459–70. doi:10.1042/BJ20061118. PMC 1863573. PMID 17123352.
- Lim J, Hao T, Shaw C, et al. (2006). “A protein-protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of Purkinje cell degeneration”. Cell. 125 (4): 801–14. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.032. PMID 16713569.
- Harduin-Lepers A, Mollicone R, Delannoy P, Oriol R (2005). “The animal sialyltransferases and sialyltransferase-related genes: a phylogenetic approach”. Glycobiology. 15 (8): 805–17. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwi063. PMID 15843597.
- Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). “Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs”. Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
- Clark HF, Gurney AL, Abaya E, et al. (2003). “The Secreted Protein Discovery Initiative (SPDI), a Large-Scale Effort to Identify Novel Human Secreted and Transmembrane Proteins: A Bioinformatics Assessment”. Genome Res. 13 (10): 2265–70. doi:10.1101/gr.1293003. PMC 403697. PMID 12975309.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). “Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Okajima T, Chen HH, Ito H, et al. (2000). “Molecular cloning and expression of mouse GD1alpha/GT1aalpha/GQ1balpha synthase (ST6GalNAc VI) gene”. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (10): 6717–23. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.10.6717. PMID 10702226.