N-acetylneuraminate epimerase (, sialic acid epimerase, N-acetylneuraminate mutarotase, sialic acid mutarotase, YjhT, NanM) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate 2-epimerase. 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.
See also sialic acid N-acetylneuraminate Mutarotation
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