UDP-N-acetylglucosamine—decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine---decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.35, GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase, UDP-GlcNAc:undecaprenyl phosphate GlcNAc-1-phosphate transferase, WecA, WecA transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine:trans,octacis-decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine---decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase
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EC no.2.7.8.35
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UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine + trans,octacis-decaprenyl phosphate UMP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-trans,octacis-decaprenol

This enzyme is isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis.

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  1. ^ Jin Y, Xin Y, Zhang W, Ma Y (September 2010). "Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1302 and Mycobacterium smegmatis MSMEG_4947 have WecA function and MSMEG_4947 is required for the growth of M. smegmatis". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 310 (1): 54–61. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02045.x. PMID 20637039.
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