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Abstract
An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of alpha-2,3, alpha-2,6-, and alpha-2,8-glycosidic linkages (at a decreasing rate, respectively) of terminal sialic residues in oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, colominic acid, and synthetic substrate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992)
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- Exo-alpha-Sialidase
- N-Acylneuraminate Glycohydrolases
- Oligosaccharide Sialidase
- Sialidase
- Exo alpha Sialidase
- Glycohydrolases, N-Acylneuraminate
- N Acylneuraminate Glycohydrolases
- Sialidase, Oligosaccharide
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Neuraminidase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009439. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009439
- Neuraminidase. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuraminidase
- Neuraminidase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q409485