Term Information

Accession
GO:0050462
Name
N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
(NANA)condensing enzyme activity, N-acetylneuraminate pyruvate-lyase (pyruvate-phosphorylating) activity, N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase activity, NeuAc synthase activity, phosphoenolpyruvate:N-acetyl-D-mannosamine C-(1-carboxyvinyl)transferase (phosphate-hydrolysing, 2-carboxy-2-oxoethyl-forming)
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: phosphoenolpyruvate + N-acetyl-D-mannosamine + H2O = phosphate + N-acetylneuraminate. Source: EC:2.5.1.56, MetaCyc:N-ACETYLNEURAMINATE-SYNTHASE-RXN
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0050462 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity (GO:0050462)
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N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups (GO:0016765)

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