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CMP-Sialic acid synthetase from Neisseria meningitidis 406Y was expressed in Escherichia coli K113 pLysS and produced at 360 U/L. The purified CMP-sialic acid synthetase used both N-acetyl-neuraminic acid (Km = 0.34 mM) and N-glycolyl-neuraminic acid (Km = 2.6 mM) as substrates. The recombinant synthetase could be used in a coupled reaction with an β-2,3-sialyltransferase to sialylate a lactose derivative in a one-reactor synthesis.
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Gilbert, M., Watson, D.C. & Wakarchuk, W.W. Purification and characterization of the recombinant CMP-sialic acid synthetase from Neisseria meningitidis. Biotechnology Letters 19, 417–420 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018379607492
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