UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase

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UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 1
Identifiers
Symbol	UGP1
Entrez	7359
HUGO	12526
OMIM	191750
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.9
Locus	Chr. 1 q21-q22

UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2
Identifiers
Symbol	UGP2
Entrez	7360
HUGO	12527
OMIM	191760
RefSeq	NM_006759
UniProt	Q16851
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.9
Locus	Chr. 2 p14-p13

UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (or UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) is an enzyme associated with glycogenesis. It synthesizes UDP-glucose from glucose-1-phosphate and UTP.

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• MeSH UDP+Glucose+Pyrophosphorylase

v • d • e Transferases: Phosphotransferases/kinases (EC 2.7) 2.7.1 - OH acceptor Hexo- - Gluco- - Fructo- (Hepatic fructo-) - Galacto- - Phosphofructo- (1, 2) - Riboflavin - Shikimate - Thymidine - NAD+ - Glycerol - Pantothenate - Mevalonate - Pyruvate - Deoxycytidine - PFP - Diacylglycerol - Bruton's tyrosine - Phosphoinositide 3 (Class I PI 3, Class II PI 3) - Sphingosine 2.7.2 - COOH acceptor Phosphoglycerate - Aspartate 2.7.3 - N acceptor Creatine 2.7.4 - PO4 acceptor Phosphomevalonate - Adenylate - Nucleoside-diphosphate 2.7.6 - P2O7 Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase - Thiamine pyrophosphokinase 2.7.7 - nucleotidyl- Integrase - PNPase - Polymerase - RNase PH - UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase - Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase -Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase - RNA replicase - Reverse transcriptase (Telomerase) - Transposase 2.7.8 - other phos. N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase 2.7.10-11 - protein Tyrosine - Serine/threonine-specific

v • d • e Metabolism: carbohydrate metabolism - glycogenesis and glycogenolysis enzymes Glycogenesis Phosphoglucomutase - UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase - Glycogen synthase (Glycogen branching enzyme) Glycogenolysis Glycogen phosphorylase (Debranching enzyme) - Phosphoglucomutase - Glycogenin Maltase Regulation Phosphorylase kinase - Phosphoprotein phosphatase