CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 2.120.10.10
Functional Family Sialidase

Enzyme Information

3.2.1.18
Exo-alpha-sialidase.
based on mapping to UniProt P29768
Hydrolysis of alpha-(2->3)-, alpha-(2->6)-, alpha-(2->8)- glycosidic linkages of terminal sialic acid residues in oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, colominic acid and synthetic substrates.
-!- The enzyme does not act on 4-O-acetylated sialic acids. -!- An endo-alpha-sialidase activity is listed as EC 3.2.1.129. -!- See also EC 4.2.2.15.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P29768
NANH_SALTY
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium str. LT2
Sialidase

PDB Structure

PDB 3SIL
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
An Enzyme at Atomic Resolution: The 1.05 A Structure of Salmonella Typhimurium Neuraminidase (Sialidase)
Garman, E.F., Wouters, J., Schneider, T.R., Vimr, E.R., Laver, W.G., Sheldrick, G.M.
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