Tyrosyl-sulfation is a functional important modification of many secreted proteins.
Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases (TPST) catalyze this post-translational modification.
Human TPSTs are expressed in two isoforms which recognize different substrates.
The determinants of substrate selection and sulfation coding are barely understood.
Higher organization levels of TPSTs have recently been discovered in the trans-Golgi.