AmiGO 2: Term Details for "alpha-sialidase activity" (GO:0016997)

Accession: GO:0016997
Name: alpha-sialidase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the hydrolysis of alpha-glycosidic linkages in oligo- or poly(sialic) acids. Source: GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0016997 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to alpha-sialidase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to alpha-sialidase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for alpha-sialidase activity (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
alpha-sialidase activity	is_a	hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds (GO:0004553)

subject	relation	object
3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-2-nonulosonic acid hydrolase activity (GO:0052791)	is_a	alpha-sialidase activity
endo-alpha-(2,8)-sialidase activity (GO:0016996)	is_a	alpha-sialidase activity
exo-alpha-sialidase activity (GO:0004308)	is_a	alpha-sialidase activity

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