Medical Definition of Sialic acid

1. Sometimes known as sialic acid, but strictly one of a family of sialic acids (which includes also N glycolyl neuraminic acid and O substituted derivatives). It is a 9 carbon sugar formed by adding to mannose three carbons from pyruvate. Occurs in the subset of glycolipids known as gangliosides and in glycoproteins. The presence of its carboxyl group on glycolipids and glycoproteins is responsible for much of the negative charge on animal cell surfaces. (04 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialic Acid

sialaden
sialadenitis
sialadenitis
sialadenoncus
sialadenotropic
sialagogue
sialagogue
sialagogues
sialate 9-O-lactoyltransferase
sialate O-acetylesterase
sialectasis
sialemesis
Sialia
sialic
sialic
sialic acid (current term)
sialic acids
sialic acid O-acetyltransferase
sialic acid permease
sialid
Sialidae
sialidan
sialidans
sialidase
sialidosis
sialids
sialine
Sialis
sialism
Sialis lutaria

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