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Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase

Class of enzymes

Summary

Class of enzymes

Field	Value
Name	Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase
EC_number	2.7.8.31

Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase (, GumD, **) is an enzyme with systematic name **. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: UDP-glucose + \rightleftharpoons UMP +

The enzyme is involved in biosynthesis of xanthan.

References

(May 1993). "Sequential assembly and polymerization of the polyprenol-linked pentasaccharide repeating unit of the xanthan polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris". Journal of Bacteriology.
(April 1998). "Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum mutants: effects on xanthan biosynthesis and plant virulence". Journal of Bacteriology.
(February 2009). "Mutational analysis of the gum gene cluster required for xanthan biosynthesis in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae". Biotechnology Letters.

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