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Eukaryotic UGPase-like includes UDPase and UDPGlcNAc pyrophosphorylase enzymes. This family includes UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (UDPase) and UDPGlcNAc pyrophosphorylase enzymes. The two enzymes share significant sequence and structure similarity. UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase catalyzes a reversible production of UDP-Glucose and pyrophosphate (PPi) from Glucose-1-phosphate and UTP. UDP-glucose plays pivotal roles in galactose utilization, in glycogen synthesis, and in the synthesis of the carbohydrate moieties of glycolipids , glycoproteins , and proteoglycans . UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDPGlcNAc) pyrophosphorylase (UAP) (also named GlcNAc1P uridyltransferase), catalyzes the reversible conversion of UTP and GlcNAc1P from PPi and UDPGlcNAc, which is a key precursor of N- and O-linked glycosylations and is essential for the synthesis of chitin (a major component of the fungal cell wall) and of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linker anchoring a variety of cell surface proteins to the plasma membrane. In bacteria, UDPGlcNAc represents an essential precursor for both peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis.
No pairwise interactions are available for this conserved domain.
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