CMP-N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process

id: GO:0006055
name: CMP-N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of CMP-N-acetylneuraminate, a substance composed of 5-(acetylamino)-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-3-ulosonic acid in glycosidic linkage with cytidine monophosphate.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009226nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process
GO:0046380N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process
GO:0046381CMP-N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process