ENTRY       M00922            Pathway   Module
NAME        CMP-Neu5Ac biosynthesis, bacteria, UDP-GlcNAc => CMP-Neu5Ac
DEFINITION  (K08068,K24257) K01654 K00983
ORTHOLOGY   K08068,K24257  UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (hydrolysing) [EC:3.2.1.183] [RN:R00414]
            K01654  N-acetylneuraminate synthase [EC:2.5.1.56] [RN:R01804]
            K00983  N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase [EC:2.7.7.43] [RN:R01117]
CLASS       Pathway modules; Glycan metabolism; Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis
PATHWAY     map00541  Biosynthesis of various nucleotide sugars
            map01250  Biosynthesis of nucleotide sugars
            map01100  Metabolic pathways
REACTION    R00414  C00043 -> C00645 
            R01804  C00645 -> C00270
            R01117  C00270 -> C00128
COMPOUND    C00043  UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine
            C00645  N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine
            C00270  N-Acetylneuraminate
            C00128  CMP-N-acetylneuraminate
REFERENCE   PMID:15888312
  AUTHORS   Tanner ME
  TITLE     The enzymes of sialic acid biosynthesis.
  JOURNAL   Bioorg Chem 33:216-28 (2005)
            DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2005.01.005
REFERENCE   PMID:15629947
  AUTHORS   Feng L, Senchenkova SN, Tao J, Shashkov AS, Liu B, Shevelev SD, Reeves PR, Xu J, Knirel YA, Wang L
  TITLE     Structural and genetic characterization of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 O antigen and development of an O145 serogroup-specific PCR assay.
  JOURNAL   J Bacteriol 187:758-64 (2005)
            DOI:10.1128/JB.187.2.758-764.2005
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