title: A system for sialic acid transfer by colominic acid and a sialidase that preferentially hydrolyzes sialyl alpha-2,8 linkages.
authors.affiliation: Technical Research Institute, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd., 1-1-2 Minamidai, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-11, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D009439:Neuraminidase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011134:Polysaccharides; D012794:Sialic Acids; C014420:colominic acid; D009439:Neuraminidase; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid