Sialic acid synthesis pathway

Sialic acid synthesis pathway. The biosynthesis of sialic acid (Neu5Ac) occurs in the cytosol, where glucose undergoes several modifications to become UDP-GlcNAc. The UDP-GlcNAC 2-epimerase activity of GNE/MNK then epimerises UDP-GlcNAc into ManNAc, after which its ManNAc kinase activity further converts this to ManNAc-6-P, which is then converted in several steps to the downstream product CMP-sialic acid. CMP-sialic acid is utilized by the Golgi complex to sialylate glycoconjugates. CMP-sialic acid can feedback-inhibit the UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase enzymatic activity in its allosteric site. For more details, see text.
Sialic acid synthesis pathway

Publication

Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy: A Decade of Progress. () Marjan Huizing, et al. Biochim Biophys Acta. ;1792(9):881-887. Figure: F2.

Gene mentions


Organism Group Word Match Source NCBI Symbol NCBI ID
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates ATP ATP ncbigene_synonym ATPsynbeta 43829
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates ATP ATP ncbigene_synonym Atpalpha 48971
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates PEP PEP ncbigene_symbol Pep 45961
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates PEP PEP ncbigene_synonym bgcn 47873
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates CMP CMP ncbigene_symbol cmp 248126
Drosophila melanogaster Invertebrates CTP CTP ncbigene_symbol ctp 31405
Homo sapiens Primates ATP ATP ncbigene_synonym ATP8A2 51761
Homo sapiens Primates PEP PEP ncbigene_synonym PAEP 5047
Homo sapiens Primates PEP PEP ncbigene_synonym PREP 5550
Homo sapiens Primates PEP PEP ncbigene_synonym PTPN22 26191
Homo sapiens Primates CMP CMP ncbigene_synonym MATN1 4146
Homo sapiens Primates CTP CTP ncbigene_synonym SLC25A1 6576

Chemical mentions

Word Match MeSH Name ChEBI
ManNAc-6-P NA mesh:C430285
CMP Cytidine Monophosphate mesh:D003568 cytidine 5'-monophosphate chebi:17361
CMP-sialic acid Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid mesh:D003569 CMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminic acid chebi:16556
Glucose Glucose mesh:D005947 D-glucopyranose chebi:4167
sialic acid sialic acid mesh:D012794 Sialic Acids chebi:26667
UDP Uridine Diphosphate mesh:D014530 UDP chebi:17659

Disease mentions

Word Match MeSH Name DOID