Concept information
Preferred term
Sialyltransferases
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Glycosyltransferase Family 29
- Sialyltransferase
Scope note
- A group of enzymes with the general activity CMP-N-acetylneuraminate:acceptor N-acetylneuraminyl transferase. They catalyze the transfer of N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID from CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID to an acceptor, which is usually the terminal sugar residue of an oligosaccharide, a glycoprotein, or a glycolipid.
History note
- 87(79); was see under TRANSFERASES 1979-86; was SIALYLTRANSFERASE see under TRANSFERASES 1975-78
In other languages
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Finnish
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sialyylitransferaasi
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012799
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