| EC |
2.7.7.44 |
| Accepted name: |
glucuronate-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
UTP + 1-phospho-α-D-glucuronate = diphosphate + UDP-α-D-glucuronate |
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For diagram of UDP-L-arabinose, UDP-galacturonate and UDP-xylose biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
UDP-glucuronate pyrophosphorylase; UDP-D-glucuronic acid pyrophosphorylase; UDP-glucuronic acid pyrophosphorylase; uridine diphosphoglucuronic pyrophosphorylase |
| Systematic name: |
UTP:1-phospho-α-D-glucuronate uridylyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Also acts slowly with CTP. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 52228-05-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Roberts, R.M. The formation of uridine diphosphate-glucuronic acid in plants. Uridine diphosphate-glucuronic acid pyrophosphorylase from barley seedlings. J. Biol. Chem. 246 (1971) 4995–5002. [PMID: 5570433] |
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| [EC 2.7.7.44 created 1976] |
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