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In enzymology , a N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction. enzymology. enzymology. enzyme. enzyme. catalyzes. catalysis. chemical reaction. chemical reaction. N-acylneuraminate. N-acylneuraminate. CTP + N-acylneuraminate diphosphate + CMP-N-acylneuraminate. CTP. cytidine triphosphate. N-acylneuraminate. N-acylneuraminate. diphosphate. diphosphate. CMP-N-acylneuraminate. CMP-N-acylneuraminate. Thus , the two substrates of this enzyme are CTP and N-acylneuraminate , whereas its two products are diphosphate and CMP-N-acylneuraminate .. enzyme. enzyme. substrates. substrate ( biochemistry ). CTP. cytidine triphosphate. N-acylneuraminate. N-acylneuraminate. products. product ( chemistry ). diphosphate. diphosphate. CMP-N-acylneuraminate. CMP-N-acylneuraminate. This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases , specifically those transferring phosphorus-containing nucleotide groups -LRB- nucleotidyltransferases -RRB- .. enzyme. enzyme. nucleotide. nucleotide. The systematic name of this enzyme class is CTP  : N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase .. enzyme. enzyme. CTP. cytidine triphosphate. N-acylneuraminate. N-acylneuraminate. systematic name. List of enzymes. Other names in common use include CMP-sialate pyrophosphorylase , CMP-sialate synthase , cytidine 5 ' - monophosphosialic acid synthetase , CMP-Neu5Ac synthetase , CMP-NeuAc synthetase , acylneuraminate cytidyltransferase , CMP-N-acetylneuraminate synthetase , CMP-N-acetylneuraminate synthase , CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase , CMP-NANA synthetase , CMP-sialate synthetase , CMP-sialic synthetase , cytidine 5 ' - monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase , cytidine 5-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase , cytidine monophosphosialic acid synthetase , cytidine monophosphoacetylneuraminic synthetase , cytidine monophosphosialate pyrophosphorylase , cytidine monophosphosialate synthetase , and acetylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase .. This enzyme participates in aminosugars metabolism .. enzyme. enzyme. aminosugars metabolism. aminosugars metabolism