LOCUS       HUMGD3S                 1704 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 11-OCT-2008
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens mRNA for alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase, complete cds.
ACCESSION   D26360
VERSION     D26360.1
KEYWORDS    .
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 1704)
  AUTHORS   Nara,K.
  TITLE     Direct Submission
  JOURNAL   Submitted (27-DEC-1993) to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases.
            Contact:Kiyomitsu Nara
            The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Department of
            Biochemical Cell Research; 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
            113, Japan
REFERENCE   2
  AUTHORS   Nara,K., Watanabe,Y., Maruyama,K., Kasahara,K., Nagai,Y. and
            Sanai,Y.
  TITLE     Expression cloning of a CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha2-3Gal beta1-4Glc
            beta1-1' Cer alpha2,8 sialytransferase (GD3 synthase) from human
            melanoma cells
  JOURNAL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91, 7952-7956 (1994)
COMMENT     
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1704
                     /cell_line="SK-Mel-28"
                     /cell_type="melanoma"
                     /clone="pCEVh2,8ST"
                     /clone_lib="SK-Mel-28 cDNA library"
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000101152"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
     CDS             149..1174
                     /codon_start=1
                     /note="GD3 synthase"
                     /product="alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase"
                     /protein_id="BAA05391.1"
                     /translation="MAVLAWKFPRTRLPMGASALCVVVLCWLYIFPVYRLPNEKEIVQ
                     GVLQQGTAWRRNQTAARAFRKQMEDCCDPAHLFAMTKMNSPMGKSMWYDGEFLYSFTI
                     DNSTYSLFPQATPFQLPLKKCAVVGNGGILKKSGCGRQIDEANFVMRCNLPPLSSEYT
                     KDVGSKSQLVTANPSIIRQRFQNLLWSRKTFVDNMKIYNHSYIYMPAFSMKTGTEPSL
                     RVYYTLSDVGANQTVLFANPNFLRSIGKFWKSRGIHAKRLSTGLFLVSAALGLCEEVA
                     IYGFWPFSVNMHEQPISHHYYDNVLPFSGFHAMPEEFLQLWYLHKIGALRMQLDPCED
                     TSLQPTS"
BASE COUNT          454 a          385 c          436 g          429 t
ORIGIN      
        1 ggtgtgtgtg catggggggc tggcggtggg ggaccctccg ctgccacttc gcctagcttt
       61 gtgctgaggc cccggccccc gcccctggga cgccggggct gcgatgagcc cctgcgggcg
      121 ggcccggcga caaacgtcca gaggggccat ggctgtactg gcgtggaagt tcccgcggac
      181 ccggctgccc atgggagcca gtgccctctg tgtcgtggtc ctctgttggc tctacatctt
      241 ccccgtctac cggctgccca acgagaaaga gatcgtgcag ggggtgctgc aacagggcac
      301 ggcgtggagg aggaaccaga ccgcggccag agcgttcagg aaacaaatgg aagactgctg
      361 cgaccctgcc catctctttg ctatgactaa aatgaattcc cctatgggga agagcatgtg
      421 gtatgacggg gagtttttat actcattcac cattgacaat tcaacttact ctctcttccc
      481 acaggcaacc ccattccagc tgccattgaa gaaatgcgcg gtggtgggaa atggtgggat
      541 tctgaagaag agtggctgtg gccgtcaaat agatgaagca aattttgtca tgcgatgcaa
      601 tctccctcct ttgtcaagtg aatacactaa ggatgttgga tccaaaagtc agttagtgac
      661 agctaatccc agcataattc ggcaaaggtt tcagaacctt ctgtggtcca gaaagacatt
      721 tgtggacaac atgaaaatct ataaccacag ttacatctac atgcctgcct tttctatgaa
      781 gacaggaaca gagccatctt tgagggttta ttatacactg tcagatgttg gtgccaatca
      841 aacagtgctg tttgccaacc ccaactttct gcgtagcatt ggaaagttct ggaaaagtag
      901 aggaatccat gccaagcgcc tgtccacagg actttttctg gtgagcgcag ctctgggtct
      961 ctgtgaagag gtggccatct atggcttctg gcccttctct gtgaatatgc atgagcagcc
     1021 catcagccac cactactatg acaacgtctt acccttttct ggcttccatg ccatgcccga
     1081 ggaatttctc caactctggt atcttcataa aatcggtgca ctgagaatgc agctggaccc
     1141 atgtgaagat acctcactcc agcccacttc ctaggaacaa tggaagaaga aaggactgaa
     1201 ccagggtatt tttgttaggt tttctatgtg actccaagag ggaatggtca agttgtttca
     1261 tgagtttgca tgggcccttg gaaaaacagg aaaggagcaa tgaagatcca agcaaaactt
     1321 tactttcagc gttggcttgg aggacaaata agaaatgaaa catcctatga aatactttat
     1381 agcacatggc agatttgcaa ctagtaaaat gctggtgaaa tgctgttggt aaagcacatg
     1441 gttcaaatct agaagatgca gttcaaaaac aagacagact cgagttgtta gggctgagga
     1501 accaatcaag gtagaacaaa gaaaatgttg gggtaaaagt gttgctgatt gtcaacacaa
     1561 actggcttaa taatattaat aagaacctgt cttattaaga ctggctttag aaccgtaggt
     1621 ttttttaaaa aattattatt tatttttgcc ctctttgggg aagtgggtgg gtagatttaa
     1681 aaaatccctt cctgagtaat aaag
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