Glucosamine N-acetyltransferase

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In enzymology, a glucosamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

acetyl-CoA + D-glucosamine CoA + N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are acetyl-CoA and D-glucosamine, whereas its two products are CoA and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those acyltransferases transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is acetyl-CoA:D-glucosamine N-acetyltransferase. Other names in common use include glucosamine acetylase, and glucosamine acetyltransferase. This enzyme participates in aminosugars metabolism.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 2.3.1.3
• BRENDA references for 2.3.1.3 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 2.3.1.3
• PubMed Central references for 2.3.1.3
• Google Scholar references for 2.3.1.3
• CHOU TC, SOODAK M (1952). "The acetylation of d-glucosamine by pigeon liver extracts". J. Biol. Chem. 196: 105–9. PMID 12980946. 

[edit] External links

The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 9032-94-4.

• IUBMB entry for 2.3.1.3

• KEGG entry for 2.3.1.3

• BRENDA entry for 2.3.1.3

• NiceZyme view of 2.3.1.3

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 2.3.1.3

• PRIAM entry for 2.3.1.3

• PUMA2 entry for 2.3.1.3

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 2.3.1.3

• MetaCyc entry for 2.3.1.3

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0047932: glucosamine N-acetyltransferase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0047932: glucosamine N-acetyltransferase