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Preferred term

Neuraminidase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of alpha-2,3, alpha-2,6-, and alpha-2,8-glycosidic linkages (at a decreasing rate, respectively) of terminal sialic residues in oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, colominic acid, and synthetic substrate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acylneuraminyl hydrolase
  • Exo-alpha-Sialidase
  • N-Acylneuraminate Glycohydrolases
  • Oligosaccharide Sialidase
  • Sialidase

In other languages

  • French

  • Acylneuraminyl hydrolase
  • Neuraminidase

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DRJJSSZM-9

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