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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase
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<h2 id="nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2> <p>This enzyme belongs to the family of <a href="/facts/Transferase/ut43BDxU">transferases</a>, specifically those transferring phosphorus-containing <a href="/facts/Nucleotide/pQKEwlJI">nucleotide</a> groups (<a href="/facts/Nucleotidyltransferase/IE9v9yLF">nucleotidyltransferases</a>). The <a href="/facts/List_of_enzymes/w2RP6EwU">systematic name</a> of this enzyme class is UTP:N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase. Other names in common use include 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, and acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase. </p> <ul><li>Pattabiraman TN, Bachhawat BK (June 1961). "Purification of uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase from sheep brain". <i>Biochimica et Biophysica Acta</i>. 50: 129–34. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0006-3002%2861%2991068-X">10.1016/0006-3002(61)91068-X</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13733356">13733356</a>.</li> <li>Strominger JL, Smith MS (1959). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0021-9258%2818%2969933-8">"Uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase"</a>. <i>J. Biol. Chem</i>. 234 (7): 1822–1827. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0021-9258%2818%2969933-8">10.1016/S0021-9258(18)69933-8</a>. <a href="/facts/PMID_(identifier)/JlHAvMHt">PMID</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13672971">13672971</a>.</li></ul>