GlycosylTransferase Family 29

Activities in Family	sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.-); β-galactoside α-2,6-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.1); α-N-acetylgalactosaminide α-2,6-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.3); β-galactoside α-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.4); N-acetyllactosaminide α-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.6); (α-N-acetyl-neuraminyl-2,3-β-galactosyl-1,3)-N-acetylgalactosaminide α-2,6-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.7); α-N-acetyl-neuraminide α-2,8-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.8); lactosylceramide α-2,3-sialyltransferase (EC 2.4.99.9)
Mechanism	Inverting
Note	These enzymes use CMP-beta-N-acetylneuraminate as the sugar donor
External resources	CFG(Core1); CFG(Glycosphingolipid); CFG(N-linked); CFG(Terminal); Glymap;
Statistics	GenBank accession (1892); Uniprot accession (180); PDB accession (16); 3D entries (6); cryst (0)