A polypeptide of N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase and a DNA
encoding the peptide are provided. The polypeptide is (a) or (b) below:
(a) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ
ID NO: 2; or (b) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence
including substitution, deletion, insertion or transposition of one or
few amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and which has an
enzymatic activity to transfer a sulfate group from a sulfate group donor
to a hydroxyl group at 6 position of an N-acetylglucosamine residue
located at a non-reducing end of an oligosaccharide represented by the
formula I: GlcNAc.beta.1-3Gal.beta.1-4GlcNAc (I) wherein GlcNAc
represents an N-acetylglucosamine residue, Gal represents a galactose
residue, .beta.1-3 represents a .beta.1-3 glycosidic linkage, and
.beta.1-4 represents a .beta.1-4 glycosidic linkage.