| EC |
2.6.1.122 |
| Accepted name: |
UDP-N-acetyl-3-dehydro-α-D-glucosamine 3-aminotranferase |
| Reaction: |
UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-glucopyranose + 2-oxoglutarate = UDP-N-acetyl-3-dehydro-α-D-glucosamine + L-glutamate |
| Other name(s): |
gnnB (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-glucopyranose:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase |
| Comments: |
This bacterial enzyme participates, together with EC 1.1.1.374, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 3-dehydrogenase, in the synthesis of 2,3-diamino-2,3-dideoxy-D-glucopyranose, a component of lipid A in some species. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Sweet, C.R., Ribeiro, A.A. and Raetz, C.R. Oxidation and transamination of the 3"-position of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine by enzymes from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Role in the formation of lipid a molecules with four amide-linked acyl chains. J. Biol. Chem. 279 (2004) 25400–25410. [DOI] [PMID: 15044494] |
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