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Preferred term

Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Acetylglucosamine, UDP
  • Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine, Uridine
  • Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine, Uridine
  • UDP Acetylglucosamine
  • UDPGNAc
  • Uridine Diphosphate N Acetylglucosamine
  • Uridine Diphospho N Acetylglucosamine
  • Uridine Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine
  • Uridine Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine

Scope note

  • Serves as the biological precursor of insect chitin, of muramic acid in bacterial cell walls, and of sialic acids in mammalian glycoproteins.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS 1975-90

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014537

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