Abstract:
A neuraminidase enzyme with unusually high activity under extracellular cell-culture conditions has been discovered in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and other types of cells. Knowledge of the existence of this enzyme allows greater control over post-expression, extracellular oligosaccharide degradation than was previously possible in the absence of this discovery by using standard processing steps selected specifically to control the newly discovered activity and/or by using neuraminidase inhibitors.