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Gene

ST8SIA4

ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 4

Summary

Cytogenetic location
5q21.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 5: 100,806,933–100,903,282 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 96.4 kb
Protein
359 amino acids
Also known as
PST, PST1
Previous symbols
SIAT8D
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000231461.10NM_005668.6
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads ST8SIA4 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How ST8SIA4 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 5, with a bracket where ST8SIA4 sits. ST8SIA4 and 2 genes near it on chromosome 5, from 100,355,108 to 101,355,107.Chromosome 55q21.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32q33.1q33.2q33.3q34q35.1q35.2q35.3100.4 Mb100.6 Mb100.8 Mb101 Mb101.2 Mb: 100,388,975–100,392,895, forward strandFAM174A: 100,535,301–100,637,897, forward strandFAM174AST8SIA4: 100,806,933–100,903,282, reverse strandST8SIA4Diagram of ST8SIA4: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 5Exon 5: 100,806,933–100,812,129, 5,197 basesExon 4: 100,856,103–100,856,396, 294 basesExon 3: 100,886,343–100,886,600, 258 basesExon 2: 100,895,654–100,895,785, 132 basesExon 1: 100,902,843–100,903,282, 440 bases543215′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 6.3 kb of the gene's 96.4 kb; 1,080 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). ST8SIA4 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 4. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia4

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ST8SIA4 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 4 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia4

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