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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine kinase (EC 2.7.1.176, UNAG kinase, zeta toxin, toxin PezT, ATP:UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 3'-phosphotransferase) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine 3'-phosphotransferase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine kinase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
EC no. | 2.7.1.176 | ||||||||
Databases | |||||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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The phosphorylation of UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine causes the inhibition of enzyme EC 2.5.1.7, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase.
These enzymes are found as part of plasmid-encoded[3] and chromosomal[4] bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems.
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