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Accession
GO:0006048
Name
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis, UDP-GlcNAc biosynthetic process, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine anabolism, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine formation, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate. Source: GOC:ai
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History
See term history for GO:0006048 at QuickGO
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Subset
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Parents of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0006048)
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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process (GO:0006047)
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [RO:0004008 relation] RO:0004008  UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine(2-) (CHEBI:57705)
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process (GO:0009226)
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino sugar biosynthetic process (GO:0046349)
Children of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0006048)
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positive regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0106280) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
negative regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0106279) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0106278) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
MetaCyc
UDPNAGSYN-PWY