1609980-80-4

1609980-80-4 structure

Name: N-Acetylhexosamine kinase
Chemical Name: N-Acetylhexosamine kinase
CAS Number: 1609980-80-4
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Catalog: Research Areas Metabolic Disease
Create Date: 2023-05-22 03:42:49
Modify Date: 2025-11-24 20:31:05
N-Acetylhexosamine kinase (NahK) is an anomeric kinase acting on a glucose-type substrate. N-Acetylhexosamine kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of GlcNAc or GalNAc at the anomeric C1 position with ATP to form N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1P/GalNAc-1P)[1][2].

Name	N-Acetylhexosamine kinase

Description	N-Acetylhexosamine kinase (NahK) is an anomeric kinase acting on a glucose-type substrate. N-Acetylhexosamine kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of GlcNAc or GalNAc at the anomeric C1 position with ATP to form N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1P/GalNAc-1P)[1][2].
Related Catalog	Research Areas >> Metabolic Disease
References	[1]. Sato M, et al. Open-close structural change upon ligand binding and two magnesium ions required for the catalysis of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 May;1854(5):333-40. [2]. Wang KC, et al. Insights into the binding specificity and catalytic mechanism of N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate kinases through multiple reaction complexes. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2014 May;70(Pt 5):1401-10.

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