Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase
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Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferases is a family of several mammalian galactose
Galactose
Galactose , sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a type of sugar that is less sweet than glucose. It is a C-4 epimer of glucose....

-3-O-sulfotransferase
Sulfotransferase
Sulfotransferases are transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a sulfate group from a donor molecule to an acceptor alcohol or amine. The most common sulfate donor is 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate...

 proteins. Gal-3-O-sulfotransferase is thought to play a critical role in 3'-sulfation
Sulfation
Sulfation in biochemistry is the enzyme-catalyzed addition of sulfate to another molecule. It often refers to a phase II enzyme reaction. This biotransformation process uses its cosubstrate 3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate to transfer sulfate to a xenobiotic...

 of N-acetyllactosamine in both O- and N-glycans.

Human proteins from this family

GAL3ST1
GAL3ST1
Galactosylceramide sulfotransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GAL3ST1 gene.-Further reading:...

; GAL3ST2
GAL3ST2
Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GAL3ST2 gene.-Further reading:...

; GAL3ST3
GAL3ST3
Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GAL3ST3 gene.-Further reading:...

; GAL3ST4
GAL3ST4
Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GAL3ST4 gene.-Further reading:...

; GP3ST;
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