Term Name:	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
Synonyms:	2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, GlcNAc, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-Acetylchitosamine
Definition:	The D isomer of N-acetylglucosamine.
Ontology:	ChEBI [CHEBI:506227] ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of:	N-acetyl-D-hexosamine N-acetylglucosamine
has subtype:	N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine
has_role:	bacterial metabolite
inverse has_functional_parent:	alpha-D-GalpNAc-(1->3)-D-GlcpNAc alpha-D-Glcp-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc alpha-D-Glcp-(1->6)-D-GlcpNAc alpha-D-GlcpNAc-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc alpha-D-Manp-(1->6)-D-GlcpNAc alpha-L-Fucp-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc beta-D-Galf-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc beta-D-Galp3S-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc beta-D-GalpNAc4S-(1->4)-D-GlcNAc beta-D-Glcp-(1->3)-D-GlcpNAc beta-D-Glcp-(1->6)-D-GlcpNAc D-Galp-(1->4)-D-GlcpNAc N-acetyl-1-seleno-beta-D-glucosamine(1-) N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 4-sulfate PUGNAc
inverse has_parent_hydride:	alpha-D-Manp-(1->3)-D-GlcpNAc
inverse is_substituent_group_from:	N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl group