Members of this family are essential for the biosynthesis of sulpholipid-1 in prokaryotes. They adopt a structure that belongs to the sulphotransferase superfamily, consisting of a single domain with a core four-stranded parallel beta-sheet flanked by alpha-helices [1].

1: Identification, function and structure of the mycobacterial sulfotransferase that initiates sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis. Mougous JD, Petzold CJ, Senaratne RH, Lee DH, Akey DL, Lin FL, Munchel SE, Pratt MR, Riley LW, Leary JA, Berger JM, Bertozzi CR; Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004;11:721-729. PMID:15258569