Showing chemical card for Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid (CFc000000746)
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1.0
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2022-08-28 10:25:12 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-13 18:45:14 UTC
Chemfont ID
CFc000000746
Molecule Identification
Common Name
Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid
Definition
Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid is a nucleoside diphosphate sugar which serves as a source of glucuronic acid for polysaccharide biosynthesis. It may also be epimerized to UDP Iduronic acid, which donates Iduronic acid to polysaccharides. In animals, UDP glucuronic acid is used for formation of many glucosiduronides with various aglycones. The transfer of glucuronic acid from UDP-alpha-D-glucuronic acid onto a terminal galactose residue is done by beta1,3-glucuronosyltransferases, responsible for the completion of the protein-glycosaminoglycan linkage region of proteoglycans and of the HNK1 epitope of glycoproteins and glycolipids. In humans the enzyme galactose-beta-1,3-glucuronosyltransferase I completes the synthesis of the common linker region of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) by transferring glucuronic acid (GlcA) onto the terminal galactose of the glycopeptide primer of proteoglycans. The GAG chains of proteoglycans regulate major biological processes such as cell proliferation and recognition, extracellular matrix deposition, and morphogenesis. (PMID:16815917 ).
Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as gamma butyrolactones. Gamma butyrolactones are compounds containing a gamma butyrolactone moiety, which consists of an aliphatic five-member ring with four carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, and bears a ketone group on the carbon adjacent to the oxygen atom.
Simon, Ethan S.; Grabowski, Sven; Whitesides, George M. Convenient syntheses of cytidine 5'-triphosphate, guanosine 5'-triphosphate, and uridine 5'-triphosphate and their use in the preparation of UDP-glucose, UDP-glucuronic acid, and GDP-mannose. J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55 (6), pp 1834–1841 DOI: 10.1021/jo00293a030
