Biomaterial Database

Exogenous UDP-xylose can inhibit UDP-glucose dehydrogenase activity of cultured human skin fibroblasts. 1981

G Luca, and S Rindi, and M Rizzotti

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002237	Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases	Reversibly catalyze the oxidation of a hydroxyl group of carbohydrates to form a keto sugar, aldehyde or lactone. Any acceptor except molecular oxygen is permitted. Includes EC 1.1.1.; EC 1.1.2.; and 1.1.99.	Carbohydrate Oxidoreductases,Dehydrogenases, Carbohydrate,Oxidoreductases, Carbohydrate
D002478	Cells, Cultured	Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.	Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D005347	Fibroblasts	Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules.	Fibroblast
D006651	Histocytochemistry	Study of intracellular distribution of chemicals, reaction sites, enzymes, etc., by means of staining reactions, radioactive isotope uptake, selective metal distribution in electron microscopy, or other methods.	Cytochemistry
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014533	Uridine Diphosphate Glucose Dehydrogenase	An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of UDPglucose to UDPglucuronate in the presence of NAD+. EC 1.1.1.22.	UDP Glucose Dehydrogenase,UDPG Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, UDP Glucose,Dehydrogenase, UDPG,Glucose Dehydrogenase, UDP
D014539	Uridine Diphosphate Sugars	Nucleotide-sugars such as uridine-diphosphate glucose or UDP-glucose.	UDP Sugars,Diphosphate Sugars, Uridine,Sugars, UDP,Sugars, Uridine Diphosphate
D014540	Uridine Diphosphate Xylose	The decarboxylation product of UDPglucuronic acid, which is used for formation of the xylosides of seryl hydroxyl groups in mucoprotein synthesis. Also forms plant xylans.	UDP Xylose,Diphosphate Xylose, Uridine,Xylose, UDP,Xylose, Uridine Diphosphate