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InterPro: IPR010866 Alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase

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IPR010866 A-2_8-polyST

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Database	ID	Name	Proteins
Pfam	PF07388	A-2_8-polyST	24
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Abstract

This family contains the bacterial enzyme alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase (approximately 500 residues long). This catalyses the polycondensation of alpha-2,8-linked sialic acid required for the synthesis of polysialic acid (PSA) [1].

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PANDIT: PF07388

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A1AFL1 Poly-alpha-2,8 sialosyl sialyltransferase NeuS

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InterPro entry accession number/name and structure databases		Colour code
IPR010866	Alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase

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1.	Steenbergen SM, Vimr ER. Functional relationships of the sialyltransferases involved in expression of the polysialic acid capsules of Escherichia coli K1 and K92 and Neisseria meningitidis groups B or C. J. Biol. Chem. 278 15349-59 2003 [PubMed: 12578835] http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M208837200

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