Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid

Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid
Identifiers
2616-64-0 N
ChEBI CHEBI:17200 N
ChemSpider 19951236 YesY
1784
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MeSH UDP+glucuronic+acid
PubChem 17473
Properties
C15H22N2O18P2
Molar mass 580.285
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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UDP glucuronic acid is a sugar used in the creation of polysaccharides and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of ascorbic acid (except in primates and guinea pigs).

It is made from UDP-glucose by UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.22) using NAD+ as a cofactor. It is the source of the glucuronosyl group in glucuronosyltransferase reactions.[1][2]

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References

  1. Bontemps Y, Vuillermoz B, Antonicelli F, Perreau C, Danan JL, Maquart FX, Wegrowski Y (Jun 2003). "Specific protein-1 is a universal regulator of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase expression: its positive involvement in transforming growth factor-beta signaling and inhibition in hypoxia". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (24): 21566–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M209366200. PMID 12682078.
  2. Sommer BJ, Barycki JJ, Simpson MA (May 2004). "Characterization of human UDP-glucose dehydrogenase. CYS-276 is required for the second of two successive oxidations". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 (22): 23590–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M401928200. PMID 15044486.
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