sialyltransferase activity

id: GO:0008373
name: sialyltransferase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the transfer of sialic acid to the terminal portions of the sialylated glycolipids (gangliosides) or to the N- or O-linked sugar chains of glycoproteins.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001665alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0003828alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0003835beta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0003836beta-galactoside (CMP) alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0004513neolactotetraosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0008118N-acetyllactosaminide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0047287lactosylceramide alpha-2,6-N-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0047288monosialoganglioside sialyltransferase activity
GO:0047289galactosyldiacylglycerol alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0047290(alpha-N-acetylneuraminyl-2,3-beta-galactosyl-1,3)-N-acetyl-galactosaminide 6-alpha-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0047291lactosylceramide alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity
GO:0052798beta-galactoside alpha-2,3-sialyltransferase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016757transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups