An antigenic glycoprotein enzyme found on the surface of the Influenza virus which forms a mushroom-shaped projection. The enzyme assists in the release of newly-formed virus particles from the surface of an infected cell. Neuraminidase cleaves terminal sialic acid residues from carbohydrate moieties on the surfaces of infected cells. This promotes the release of progeny viruses from infected cells.
sialidase; an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of glucosidic linkages between a sialic acid residue and a hexose or hexosamine residue in glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans. Neuraminidase is a major antigen of myxoviruses.
Neuraminidase is an enzyme that cleaves terminal acylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, or glycolipids; present as a surface antigen in myxoviruses. It is also used in histochemistry to selectively remove sialomucins as from bronchial mucous glands and the small intestine.
An enzyme which forms a mushroom-shaped projection on the surface of an influenza virus particle. The enzyme assists in the release of newly-formed virus particles from the surface of an infected cell.
An important surface structure protein of the influenza virus that is an essential enzyme for the spread of the virus throughout the respiratory tract. It enables the virus to escape the host cell and infect new cells. Referred to as the “N†in influenza viruses. See hemagglutinin.
NA or N) Flu viral surface protein involved in viral release.
Neuraminidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme . It is frequently found as an antigenic glycoprotein and is best known as one of the enzymes found on the surface of the Influenza virus. Some variants of the influenza neuraminidase confer more virulence to the virus than others.