Sialidase-2
BE0003200ProteinHumansNEU2
Exo-alpha-sialidase that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of the terminal sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid, Neu5Ac) of a glycan moiety in the catabolism of glycolipids, glycoproteins and oligosaccharides (PubMed:14613940, PubMed:22228546). It is acted on by 4 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- NEU2
- UniProtKB entry
- Q9Y3R4Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 380 residues · 42,253 Da
- Also known as
- 3.2.1.18 · Cytosolic sialidase · N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminidase 2 · Neuraminidase-2
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Sialidase-2, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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