| EC |
2.3.1.129 |
| Accepted name: |
acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]—UDP-N-acetylglucosamine O-acyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
(R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine = an [acyl-carrier protein] + UDP-3-O-[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl]-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine |
| Glossary: |
tetradecanoyl = myristoyl |
| Other name(s): |
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase; uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine acyltransferase; acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]-UDP-N-acetylglucosamine O-acyltransferase; (R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 3-O-(3-hydroxytetradecanoyl)transferase |
| Systematic name: |
(R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]:UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine 3-O-(3-hydroxytetradecanoyl)transferase |
| Comments: |
Involved with EC 2.4.1.182 (lipid-A-disaccharide synthase) and EC 2.7.1.130 (tetraacyldisaccharide 4′-kinase) in the biosynthesis of the phosphorylated glycolipid, Lipid A, in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, METACYC, PDB, CAS registry number: 105843-69-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Anderson, M.S., Bulawa, C.E. and Raetz, C.R.H. The biosynthesis of gram-negative endotoxin. Formation of lipid A precursors from UDP-GlcNAc in extracts of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 260 (1985) 15536–15541. [PMID: 3905795] |
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| [EC 2.3.1.129 created 1990] |
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