Tags: Enzyme.
N-acetylneuraminate epimerase (EC 5.1.3.24 sialic acid epimerase N-acetylneuraminate mutarotase YjhT) is an enzyme with system name N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate 2-epimerase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminate N-acetyl-beta-neuraminateSialoglycoconjugates present in vertebrates are linked exclusively by alpha-linkages.