1Institut für Biochemie II, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG
Tóm tắt
We show that the 4‐oxo analogue of N‐acetyl‐D‐neuraminic acid strongly inhibits N‐acetylneuraminate lyase (NeuAc aldolase, EC 4.1.3.3) from Clostridum perfringens (Ki = 0.025 mM) and Escherichia coli (Ki = 0.15 mM). In each case the inhibition was competitive.