Properties
Purity
Suitable for manufacturing of diagnostic kits and reagents, Type V, lyophilized powder
Unit Definition
One unit will liberate 1.0 micromole of N-acetyl neuraminic acid per minute at pH 5.0 at 37 °C using bovine submaxillary mucin.One unit will hydrolyze 1.0 micromole of 2′-(4-methylumbelliferyl)-a-D-N-actetylneuraminic acid per minute at pH 5.0 at 37 °C (using 4MU-NANA as a substrate)
Applications
Neuraminidase is a hydrolase that promotes the release of influenza virus from infected cells and promotes virus transmission. Neuraminidase from Clostridium perfringens has been used in studies on the effect of bile salts on the hydrolysis of neuraminidase.
