N-acetylneuraminate epimerase

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Template:Infobox enzyme N-acetylneuraminate epimerase (Template:EnzExplorer, sialic acid epimerase, N-acetylneuraminate mutarotase, sialic acid mutarotase, YjhT, NanM) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate 2-epimerase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate ⇌ N-acetyl-beta-neuraminate

Sialoglycoconjugates present in vertebrates are linked exclusively by alpha-linkages.

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