N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase

N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase (EC 2.7.1.162, NahK, LnpB, N-acetylgalactosamine/N-acetylglucosamine 1-kinase) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:N-acetyl-D-hexosamine 1-phosphotransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + N-acetyl-D-hexosamine ADP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-hexosamine 1-phosphate
N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase
Identifiers
EC number2.7.1.162
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme is involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose degradation pathway in the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium longum.

References

  1. Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M (October 2007). "Identification of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase in the complete lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose metabolic pathway in Bifidobacterium longum". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (20): 6444–9. doi:10.1128/aem.01425-07. PMC 2075035. PMID 17720833.
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