Compound
an N-acylneuraminate
A sialic acid anion arising from deprotonation of the carboxy group of an N-acylneuraminic acid; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:60073), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C10H15NO9R
- Mass
- 293.227 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- SMILES
- *C(=O)N[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)CC(O)(C(=O)[O-])O[C@@]1([H])[C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: an N-acylneuraminate · Sources: Rhea
- an N-acylneuraminate is a substrate of CMASProteinRhea RHEA:11344Inferred only
Reactions
3 reactions
an N-acylneuraminate+CTPa CMP-N-acyl-beta-neuraminate+diphosphate(3-)
Catalysed by CMAS
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:11344CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:57537+wateran N-acylneuraminate+hydrogenphosphate
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:13057CC BY 4.0Reference data
a CMP-N-acyl-beta-neuraminate+wateran N-acylneuraminate+CMP+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:20185CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: an N-acylneuraminate
- Also called
- N-acylneuraminate cation
- Systematic name
- 5-alkanamido-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulopyranosonate