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Enzymatic formation of uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-D-mannosamine. 1978

T Kawamura, and M Kimura, and S Yamamori, and E Ito

An enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine was purified about 700-fold from the supernatant fraction of Bacillus cereus, and the properties of this enzyme were studied. This enzyme was not stimulated by NAD+, NADH, or any metal ions. The optimum pH was between 7.5 and 8.0. At equilibrium of the reaction, the ratio of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to UDP-N-acetylmannosmaine was about 9:1. The enzyme was inactive toward free N-acetylhexosamines, their phosphate esters, UDP-glucose, and UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. A stimulatory role of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was demonstrated. In the reaction with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, the rate as a function of substrate concentration showed a sigmoidal relationship with a Hill coefficient of 1.8 and an apparent Km value for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine of 1.1 mM. The reverse reaction with UDP-N-acetylmannosamine required the presence of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. The UDP-N-acetylglucosamine concentration required for half-maximal activation was about 0.5 mM. The apparent Km for UDP-N-acetylmannosamine measured in the presence of 0.5 mM UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was 0.22mM. Other nucleotides or hexosamine derivatives were not stimulatory. The same activity was found in cell extracts from several bacterial species.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D002238 Carbohydrate Epimerases Enzymes that catalyze the epimerization of chiral centers within carbohydrates or their derivatives. EC 5.1.3. Carbohydrate Isomerases,Epimerases, Carbohydrate,Isomerases, Carbohydrate
D001409 Bacillus cereus A species of rod-shaped bacteria that is a common soil saprophyte. Its spores are widespread and multiplication has been observed chiefly in foods. Contamination may lead to food poisoning.
D001419 Bacteria One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Eubacteria
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species

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