Reaction: UTP + N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate = diphosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine
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Other name(s): UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase; uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase; UTP:2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-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
Systematic name: UTP:N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-06-7
References:
1. Pattabiramin, T.N. and Bachhawat, B.K. Purification of uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase from sheep brain. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 50 (1961) 129-134.
2. Strominger, J.L. and Smith, M.S. Uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase. J. Biol. Chem. 234 (1959) 1822-1827.