Enzyme Details

Enzyme (Recommended) Name	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
EC Classification	2.7.7.23
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	Expasy KEGG IntEnz (EBI) IUBMB Reactome HepatoSys
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