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Gene

ST8SIA6

ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10p12.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 17,315,421–17,454,595 (GRCh38)
Exons
8 exons across 139.2 kb
Protein
398 amino acids
Previous symbols
SIAT8F
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000377602.5NM_001004470.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How ST8SIA6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where ST8SIA6 sits. ST8SIA6 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 16,885,008 to 17,885,007.Chromosome 1010p12.33p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.317 Mb17.2 Mb17.4 Mb17.6 Mb17.8 MbCUBN: 16,823,966–17,129,970, reverse strandCUBNTRDMT1: 17,137,336–17,202,054, reverse strandTRDMT1VIM: 17,228,241–17,237,595, forward strandVIMST8SIA6: 17,315,421–17,454,595, reverse strandST8SIA6HACD1: 17,588,301–17,617,566, reverse strandHACD1STAM: 17,644,124–17,735,901, forward strandSTAMTMEM236: 17,752,201–17,800,868, forward strandTMEM236MRC1: 17,809,014–17,911,607, forward strandMRC1Diagram of ST8SIA6: 8 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 10Exon 8: 17,315,421–17,321,346, 5,926 basesExon 7: 17,323,065–17,323,157, 93 basesExon 6: 17,327,014–17,327,126, 113 basesExon 5: 17,331,408–17,331,552, 145 basesExon 4: 17,359,514–17,359,600, 87 basesExon 3: 17,390,531–17,390,620, 90 basesExon 2: 17,453,559–17,453,657, 99 basesExon 1: 17,454,155–17,454,595, 441 bases8515′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 7 kb of the gene's 139.2 kb; 1,197 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.). ST8SIA6 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. ST8SIA6 gene: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 6 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/st8sia6

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