Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables alpha-N-acetylneuraminate alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in glycoprotein metabolic process; glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process; and oligosaccharide metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in Golgi membrane. Is expressed in brain. Orthologous to human ST8SIA5 (ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 5).