N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process

id: GO:0006054
name: N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving N-acetylneuraminate, the anion of 5-(acetylamino)-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-3-ulosonic acid.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019262N-acetylneuraminate catabolic process
GO:0046380N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process
GO:0046381CMP-N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006040amino sugar metabolic process
GO:0019752carboxylic acid metabolic process