EC |
5.1.3.7 |
Accepted name: |
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase |
Reaction: |
UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine = UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-galactosamine |
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Other name(s): |
UDP acetylglucosamine epimerase; uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine epimerase; uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine-4-epimerase; uridine 5′-diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine-4-epimerase; UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 4-epimerase |
Systematic name: |
UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine 4-epimerase |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9024-16-2 |
References: |
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Glaser, L. The biosynthesis of N-acetylgalactosamine. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 2801–2805. [PMID: 13828347] |
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Kornfeld, S. and Glaser, L. The synthesis of thymidine-linked sugars. V. Thymidine diphosphate-amino sugars. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 3052–3059. [PMID: 14034827] |
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[EC 5.1.3.7 created 1965] |
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