UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

Term ID

GO:0006048

Synonyms

UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis
UDP-GlcNAc biosynthetic process
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine anabolism
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine formation
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate.

References

MetaCyc:UDPNACETYLGALSYN-PWY
MetaCyc:UDPNAGSYN-PWY

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is a type of: amino sugar biosynthetic process nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process

amino sugar biosynthetic process nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

negative regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by: positive regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

positive regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes

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