Attaches N-acetylneuraminic acid in alpha-2,6-linkage to N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine. The enzyme from rat liver also acts on beta-D-galactosyl-(1->3)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl residues, but more slowly.
History
EC 2.4.3.10 created 2020 as EC 2.4.99.22, transferred 2022 to EC 2.4.3.10
Biosynthesis of a disialylated sequence in N-linked oligosaccharides: identification of an N-acetylglucosaminide (alpha 2----6)-sialyltransferase in Golgi apparatus from rat liver.