UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase activity

Term ID

GO:0003977

Synonyms

• acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
• GlmU uridylyltransferase activity
• N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activity
• UDP-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase activity
• UDP-GlcNAc pyrophosphorylase activity
• UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase activity
• uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase activity
• uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine phosphorylase activity
• uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase activity
• UTP:2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity
• UTP:N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate + UTP = diphosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine. 2.7.7.23

References

• EC:2.7.7.23
• KEGG_REACTION:R00416
• MetaCyc:NAG1P-URIDYLTRANS-RXN
• RHEA:13509
• Reactome:R-HSA-446204

Ontology

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