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N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase

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Definition: An enzyme that forms CMP-acylneuraminic acids, which donate the N-acylneuraminic acid residues to the terminal sugar residue of a ganglioside or glycoprotein. EC 2.7.7.43.      Other names CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase; CMP Sialate Synthase; CMP Sialate Pyrophosphorylase; Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase; Synthetase, CMP-Sialic Acid; Synthetase, CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; Synthase, Cytidine 5-Monophosphosialate; Synthase, CMP Sialate; Sialate Synthase, CMP; Sialate Pyrophosphorylase, CMP; Pyrophosphorylase, CMP Sialate; N Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase; Cytidylyltransferase, N-Acylneuraminate; Cytidylyltransferase, Acylneuraminate; Cytidine 5' Monophosphosialic Acid Synthetase; Cytidine 5 Monophosphosialate Synthase; CMP Sialic Acid Synthetase; CMP N Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase; Cytidine 5-Monophosphosialate Synthase; Cytidine 5'-Monophosphosialic Acid Synthetase
 
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SiaB protein, Neisseria meningitidis  EC 2.7.7.43   *N-Acylneuraminate Cytidylyltransferase *Bacterial Proteins. Mol Microbiol 1994 Oct;14(1):141-9

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