Enzyme Details

EC Classification

2.7.7.23

Enzyme name
(recommended)

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase

Alternative names

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

Classification

Transferases

Transferring phosphorous-containing groups

Nucleotidyltransferases

Catalyses reactions

UTP + D-Glucose 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDPglucose

UTP + N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

UTP + N-Acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

UTP + N-Acetyl-D-galactosamine 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine

UTP + alpha-D-Glucose 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDP-D-glucose

UTP + D-Glucosamine 1-phosphate <-> Diphosphate + UDPglucosamine

External links

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