Tags: Enzyme.
In enzymology an anhydrosialidase (EC 4.2.2.15) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactionElimination of alpha-sialyl groups in N-acetylneuraminic acid glycosides releasing 27-anhydro-alpha-N-acetylneuraminateThis enzyme belongs to the family of lyases specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on polysaccharides. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycoconjugate sialyl-lyase (27-cyclizing).