UGP2 Products

Description

The enzyme encoded by this gene is an important intermediary in mammalian carbohydrate interconversions. It transfers a glucose moiety from glucose-1-phosphate to MgUTP and forms UDP-glucose and MgPPi. In liver and muscle tissue, UDP-glucose is a direct precursor of glycogen; in lactating mammary gland it is converted to UDP-galactose which is then converted to lactose. The eukaryotic enzyme has no significant sequence similarity to the prokaryotic enzyme. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	7360 Human
Uniprot	NM_001001521 Human NM_006759 Human NP_001001521 Human NP_006750 Human NP_006750.3 Human Q16851 Human Q16851-2 Human
Product By Gene ID	7360
Alternate Names	EC 2.7.7.9 pHC379 UDPG UDP-glucose diphosphorylase UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2 UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase UDPGP UDPGP2 UGP1 UGPase 2 UGPase UGPP2 uridyl diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase 2 UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase 2 UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase

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