LOCUS       AAC41775.1               359 aa    PRT              HUM 17-AUG-1995
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase protein.
ACCESSION   L41680-1
PROTEIN_ID  AAC41775.1
SOURCE      Homo sapiens (human)
  ORGANISM  Homo sapiens
            Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
            Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
            Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 1894)
  AUTHORS   Nakayama,J., Fukuda,M.N., Fredette,B., Ranscht,B. and Fukuda,M.
  TITLE     Expression cloning of a human polysialyltransferase that forms the
            polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule present in embryonic
            brain
  JOURNAL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (15), 7031-7035 (1995)
   PUBMED   7624364
COMMENT     Original source text: Homo sapiens (clone library: pcDNA1) fetal
            brain cDNA to mRNA.
FEATURES             Qualifiers
     source          /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000193787"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /tissue_type="fetal brain"
                     /clone_lib="pcDNA1"
     protein         /gene="PST"
                     /function="polysialylation of neural cell adhesion
                     molecule (N-CAM)"
BEGIN
        1 MRSIRKRWTI CTISLLLIFY KTKEIARTEE HQETQLIGDG ELSLSRSLVN SSDKIIRKAG
       61 SSIFQHNVEG WKINSSLVLE IRKNILRFLD AERDVSVVKS SFKPGDVIHY VLDRRRTLNI
      121 SHDLHSLLPE VSPMKNRRFK TCAVVGNSGI LLDSECGKEI DSHNFVIRCN LAPVVEFAAD
      181 VGTKSDFITM NPSVVQRAFG GFRNESDREK FVHRLSMLND SVLWIPAFMV KGGEKHVEWV
      241 NALILKNKLK VRTAYPSLRL IHAVRGYWLT NKVPIKRPST GLLMYTLATR FCDEIHLYGF
      301 WPFPKDLNGK AVKYHYYDDL KYRYFSNASP HRMPLEFKTL NVLHNRGALK LTTGKCVKQ
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