Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase explained
Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferases is a family of several mammalian galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase proteins. Gal-3-O-sulfotransferase is thought to play a critical role in 3'-sulfation of N-acetyllactosamine in both O- and N-glycans.[1]
Human proteins from this family
GAL3ST1
- GAL3ST2; GAL3ST3; GAL3ST4; GP3ST;
Notes and References
- Suzuki A, Fukuda M, Suzuki M, Hiraoka N, Angata K, Misra AK, Mcauliffe J, Hindsgaul O . Molecular cloning and expression of a novel human beta-Gal-3-O-sulfotransferase that acts preferentially on N-acetyllactosamine in N- and O-glycans . J. Biol. Chem. . 276 . 26 . 24388–24395 . 2001 . 11323440 . 10.1074/jbc.M103135200. free .
