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alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity

Term Information

Accession
GO:0003828
Name
alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
alpha-N-acetylneuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity, alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity, cytidine monophosphoacetylneuraminate-ganglioside GM3, ganglioside GD3 synthase activity, ganglioside GD3 synthetase sialyltransferase activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: CMP-N-acetylneuraminate + alpha-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-R = CMP + alpha-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->8)-alpha-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-R. Source: EC:2.4.3.8
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0003828 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity [is_a relation] is_a  sialyltransferase activity (GO:0008373)

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