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. 1968 Jul;43(7):1097–1107. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.7.1097

Pathway of Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetyl-d-Glucosamine Biosynthesis in Phaseolus aureus 1

F C Mayer 1, I Bikel 1, W Z Hassid 1
PMCID: PMC1086978  PMID: 16656888

Abstract

Studies with extracts obtained from mung beans (Phaseolus aureus) showed that UDP-N-acetyl d-glucosamine is formed from d-fructose 6-phosphate by a series of the following enzymic reactions: [Formula: see text]

UDP-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine inhibits the first reaction in the multistep pathway leading to its biosynthesis.

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