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FLASH GENE

Symbol

ST8SIA5

contributors: - updated : 22-04-2006

HGNC name	ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 5
HGNC id	17827

FLASH GENE DNA RNA EXPRESSION PROTEIN DISORDER ANIMAL & CELL MODELS

RNA

TRANSCRIPTS	type	messenger

identification nb exons type bp product Protein kDa AA specific expression Year Pubmed transcript 2 - - 2500 43.8 376 - Kim transcript 1 - - 1100 - - brain and fetal brain Kim

EXPRESSION

Type	restricted

constitutive of

expressed in	(based on citations)
organ(s)	System Organ level 1 Organ level 2 Organ level 3 Organ level 4 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Endocrine adrenal gland       highly   thyroid         Nervous brain         Respiratory lung         Urinary kidney         Visual eye

tissue

System Tissue Tissue level 1 Tissue level 2 Level Pubmed Species Stage Rna symbol Muscular striatum skeletal

cell lineage

cell lines

fluid/secretion

at STAGE

physiological period

fetal

Text

brain

PROTEIN

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

STRUCTURE

motifs/domains

conjugated

GlycoP

HOMOLOGY

Homologene

FAMILY

glycosyltransferase family 29

CATEGORY

enzyme

SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION	intracellular
	intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,membrane
	intracellular,cytoplasm,organelle,Golgi
text	type II membrane protein
	Golgi (potential)

basic FUNCTION

involved in the synthesis of gangliosides GD1c, GT1a, GQ1b, and GT3 from GD1a, GT1b, GM1b, and GD3

CELLULAR PROCESS

protein, post translation

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS

text	glycosylation

PATHWAY

metabolism

carbohydrate

signaling

glycosphingolipid biosynthesis

a component

INTERACTION

DNA

RNA

small molecule

protein

cell & other

REGULATION

ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

ANIMAL & CELL MODELS