Anti-CHST15 Antibody

Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 15, also known as CHST15, BRAG, GALNAC4S6ST and KIAA0598, is a single-pass type II membrane protein which belongs to the sulfotransferase 1 family. CHST15 is a sulfotransferase that transfers sulfate from 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) to the C-6 hydroxyl group of the GalNAc 4-sulfate residue of chondroitin sulfate A and forms chondroitin sulfate E containing GlcA-GalNAc (4,6-SO4) repeating units. It also transfers sulfate to a unique non-reducing terminal sequence, GalNAc (4SO4) -GlcA (2SO4) -GalNAc (6SO4), to yield a highly sulfated structure similar to the structure found in thrombomodulin chondroitin sulfate. CHST15 may also act as a B-cell receptor involved in BCR ligation-mediated early activation that mediate regulatory signals key to B-cell development and / or regulation of B-cell-specific RAG expression. CHST15 is expressed in B-cell-enriched tissues but not in fetal or adult thymus. It is expressed in fetal and adult spleen, lymph node, tonsil, bone marrow and peripheral leukocytes. It can be detected as 49 kDa and 69 kDa.