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Gene

ST8SIA3

ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
18q21.31
Coordinates
Chromosome 18: 57,352,557–57,368,931 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 16.4 kb
Protein
380 amino acids
Previous symbols
SIAT8C
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000324000.4NM_015879.3
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ST8SIA3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 18, with a bracket where ST8SIA3 sits. ST8SIA3 and 6 genes near it on chromosome 18, from 56,860,744 to 57,860,743.Chromosome 1818q21.31p11.32p11.31p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q2357 Mb57.2 Mb57.4 Mb57.6 Mb57.8 MbWDR7: 56,651,248–57,029,811, forward strandWDR7BOD1L2: 57,147,087–57,150,410, forward strandBOD1L2ST8SIA3: 57,352,557–57,368,931, forward strandST8SIA3ONECUT2: 57,435,374–57,491,298, forward strandONECUT2FECH: 57,544,377–57,586,942, reverse strandFECHNARS1: 57,589,520–57,622,213, reverse strandNARS1ATP8B1: 57,646,426–57,803,560, reverse strandATP8B1Diagram of ST8SIA3: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 18Exon 1: 57,352,557–57,353,025, 469 basesExon 2: 57,354,402–57,354,524, 123 basesExon 3: 57,356,913–57,357,470, 558 basesExon 4: 57,359,995–57,368,931, 8,937 bases12345′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 10.1 kb of the gene's 16.4 kb; 1,143 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). ST8SIA3 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ST8SIA3 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia3

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