EC number 5.1.3.24 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry | IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc | |
N-acetylneuraminate epimerase (EC 5.1.3.24, sialic acid epimerase, N-acetylneuraminate mutarotase, YjhT) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate 2-epimerase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminateSialoglycoconjugates present in vertebrates are linked exclusively by alpha-linkages.
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