Nucleotide sugar

Nucleotide sugar
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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]

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Contents

1 List of nucleotide sugars
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

List of nucleotide sugars

See also

Nucleotide sugars metabolism

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:10.1146/annurev.bi.57.070188.004033. PMID 3052290.

External links

MeSH "Nucleotide sugars" "Nucleotide sugars"

v • d • e Types of nucleotide sugars

GDP-mannose \| UDP-glucose \| UDP-galactose \| UDP-glucuronic acid \| UDP-N-acetylglucosamine

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