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Literature on ST8SIA4

ST8SIA4 [ENSP00000231461]

CMP-N-acetylneuraminate-poly-alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase; Catalyzes the polycondensation of alpha-2,8-linked sialic acid required for the synthesis of polysialic acid (PSA), which is present on the embryonic neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM), necessary for plasticity of neural cells.

Synonyms:  ST8SIA4,  ST8SIA4p,  hST8SIA4,  E5RFK3,  Q92187 ...

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