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Nucleotide sugars are biochemicals that act as donors of sugar residues in nucleotide sugars metabolism.[1] They are substrates for glycosyltransferases.[2]
List of nucleotide sugars
- UDP-N-acetylglucosamine
- UDP-apiose
- UDP-arabinose
- GDP-mannose
- ADP-galactose
- UDP-galactose
- GDP-galactose
- UDP-galacturonic acid
- ADP-glucose
- UDP-glucose
- GDP-glucose
- UDP-glucuronic acid
- UDP-xylose
References
- ^ Ginsburg V (1978). "Comparative biochemistry of nucleotide-linked sugars". Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 23: 595–600. PMID 351635.
- ^ Rademacher T, Parekh R, Dwek R (1988). "Glycobiology". Annu Rev Biochem 57: 785–838. doi:. PMID 3052290.
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