Gene: ST8SIA3

Alternate names for this Gene: SIAT8C|ST8SiaIII

Gene Summary: ST8SIA3 belongs to a family of sialyltransferases that form sialyl-alpha-2,8-sialyl-R linkages at the nonreducing termini of glycoconjugates (Lee et al., 1998 [PubMed 9826427]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]. ##Evidence-Data-START## Transcript exon combination :: SRR1803617.8248.1, SRR1803615.56132.1 [ECO:0000332] RNAseq introns :: single sample supports all introns SAMEA1968540, SAMEA1968968 [ECO:0000348] ##Evidence-Data-END## ##RefSeq-Attributes-START## MANE Ensembl match :: ENST00000324000.4/ ENSP00000320431.2 RefSeq Select criteria :: based on single protein-coding transcript ##RefSeq-Attributes-END##

Gene is located in Chromosome: 18

Location in Chromosome : 18q21.31

Description of this Gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 3

Type of Gene: protein-coding