LOCUS       HUMPST                  1894 bp    mRNA    linear   HUM 17-AUG-1995
DEFINITION  Homo sapiens alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase (PST) gene, complete
            cds.
ACCESSION   L41680
VERSION     L41680.1
KEYWORDS    neural cell adhesion molecule; polysialyltransferase.
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             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..1894
                     /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000193787"
                     /organism="Homo sapiens"
                     /mol_type="mRNA"
                     /db_xref="taxon:9606"
                     /tissue_type="fetal brain"
                     /clone_lib="pcDNA1"
     gene            1..1894
                     /gene="PST"
     CDS             213..1292
                     /gene="PST"
                     /function="polysialylation of neural cell adhesion
                     molecule (N-CAM)"
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="alpha-2,8-polysialyltransferase"
                     /protein_id="AAC41775.1"
                     /translation="MRSIRKRWTICTISLLLIFYKTKEIARTEEHQETQLIGDGELSL
                     SRSLVNSSDKIIRKAGSSIFQHNVEGWKINSSLVLEIRKNILRFLDAERDVSVVKSSF
                     KPGDVIHYVLDRRRTLNISHDLHSLLPEVSPMKNRRFKTCAVVGNSGILLDSECGKEI
                     DSHNFVIRCNLAPVVEFAADVGTKSDFITMNPSVVQRAFGGFRNESDREKFVHRLSML
                     NDSVLWIPAFMVKGGEKHVEWVNALILKNKLKVRTAYPSLRLIHAVRGYWLTNKVPIK
                     RPSTGLLMYTLATRFCDEIHLYGFWPFPKDLNGKAVKYHYYDDLKYRYFSNASPHRMP
                     LEFKTLNVLHNRGALKLTTGKCVKQ"
BASE COUNT          592 a          377 c          418 g          507 t
ORIGIN      
        1 cgcaaacagg gcgagaggtc gctgggcagc gttcgaggac cagagggagc tcggccacag
       61 aagaccccag tgatctgatc ccgggatccc ggctccaagc tctcctcgca ttttacagat
      121 ttcacccccg cgactatctc cccaaaacgg agcctttata tcaagagaag gtgcgggagc
      181 tggggcaacc aggactttct cgggcaccca agatgcgctc cattaggaag aggtggacga
      241 tctgcacaat aagtctgctc ctgatctttt ataagacaaa agaaatagca agaactgagg
      301 agcaccagga gacgcaactc atcggagatg gtgaattgtc tttgagtcgg tcacttgtca
      361 atagctctga taaaatcatt cgaaaggctg gctcttcaat cttccagcac aatgtagaag
      421 gttggaaaat caattcctct ttggtcctag agataaggaa gaacatactt cgtttcttag
      481 atgcagaacg agatgtgtca gtggtcaaga gcagttttaa gcctggtgat gtcatacact
      541 atgtgcttga caggcgccgg acactaaaca tttctcatga tctacatagc ctcctacctg
      601 aagtttcacc aatgaagaat cgcaggttta agacctgtgc agttgttgga aattctggca
      661 ttctgttaga cagtgaatgt ggaaaggaga ttgacagtca caattttgta ataaggtgta
      721 atctagctcc tgtggtggag tttgctgcag atgtgggaac taaatcagat tttattacca
      781 tgaatccatc agttgtacaa agagcatttg gaggctttcg aaatgagagt gacagagaaa
      841 aatttgtgca tagactttcc atgctgaatg acagtgtcct ttggattcct gctttcatgg
      901 tcaaaggagg agagaagcac gtggagtggg ttaatgcatt aatccttaag aataaactga
      961 aagtgcgaac tgcctatccg tcattgagac ttattcatgc tgtcagaggt tactggctga
     1021 ccaacaaagt tcctatcaaa agacccagca caggtcttct catgtataca cttgccacaa
     1081 gattctgtga tgaaattcac ctgtatggat tctggccctt ccctaaggat ttaaatggaa
     1141 aagcggtcaa atatcattat tatgatgact taaaatatag gtacttttcc aatgcaagcc
     1201 ctcacagaat gccattagaa ttcaaaacat taaatgtgct acataataga ggagctctaa
     1261 aactgacaac aggaaagtgt gtaaagcaat aaagcacatt ttgaaacaaa caatatgcac
     1321 ttcttttctg agatgcttcc gaagatttga aaataggatc caaaacacgg ctgggtttca
     1381 gcatccacca atgaactgaa aggtgaataa aggacgttca tgagaaatcg actaccagct
     1441 gatgaaatac ctgcaaagtg ctctaaaaat taaatatttt gactttaagg gtcctagtaa
     1501 gtgccacttc cactaagaat acagtttgaa tgtataatca gtagtgttta caagatccaa
     1561 cagtgcactc atcattagtt aacaaagcaa atatgttcat cactgtcagg ctgcccacag
     1621 caacaccaag catattagaa gaggaacccc aggaacgcaa ctcagacctt gggaaattaa
     1681 accatccttg tcagcagaag ccaagatgga agcagtttga gcaatgaaat ccgtaagatt
     1741 aaacaactca agtaaatgct tcagtcagga ctctgagtct gatcatgaat tttatgtttt
     1801 aatttatgtt tttttttttg tcttctggaa tctcttttgg tttggatatt gggatgctta
     1861 gaaatccttt ctgagatgca tatgagtgag gaaa
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