EC	2.6.1.98
Accepted name:	UDP-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-ribo-hexuluronate aminotransferase
Reaction:	UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-glucuronate + 2-oxoglutarate = UDP-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-D-ribo-hex-3-uluronate + L-glutamate
Other name(s):	WbpE; WlbC
Systematic name:	UDP-2-acetamido-3-amino-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-glucuronate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase
Comments:	A pyridoxal 5′-phosphate protein. This enzyme participates in the biosynthetic pathway for UDP-α-D-ManNAc3NAcA (UDP-2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-α-D-mannuronic acid), an important precursor of B-band lipopolysaccharide. The enzymes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O5 and Thermus thermophilus form a complex with the previous enzyme in the pathway, EC 1.1.1.335 (UDP-N-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxyglucuronate oxidase).
References:	1.  Westman, E.L., McNally, D.J., Charchoglyan, A., Brewer, D., Field, R.A. and Lam, J.S. Characterization of WbpB, WbpE, and WbpD and reconstitution of a pathway for the biosynthesis of UDP-2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-D-mannuronic acid in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Biol. Chem. 284 (2009) 11854–11862. [PMID: 19282284] 2.  Larkin, A. and Imperiali, B. Biosynthesis of UDP-GlcNAc(3NAc)A by WbpB, WbpE, and WbpD: enzymes in the Wbp pathway responsible for O-antigen assembly in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Biochemistry 48 (2009) 5446–5455. [PMID: 19348502] 3.  Larkin, A., Olivier, N.B. and Imperiali, B. Structural analysis of WbpE from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1: a nucleotide sugar aminotransferase involved in O-antigen assembly. Biochemistry 49 (2010) 7227–7237. [PMID: 20604544]
[EC 2.6.1.98 created 2012]