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Glucuronic acid (GCA, from
Ancient Gr****: γλεῦκος + οὖρον, lit. 'sweet wine, must + urine') is a
uronic acid that was
first isolated from
urine (hence...
- UDP-
glucuronic acid is a
sugar used in the
creation of
polysaccharides and is an
intermediate in the
biosynthesis of
ascorbic acid (except in primates...
- of reactions. UDP-
glucuronic acid and UDP-n-acetylglucosamine get
bound together to form HA via hasA (HA synthase). UDP-
glucuronic acid is
formed from...
- liver,
liver enzyme UDP-glucuronyl
transferase conjugates bilirubin +
glucuronic acid →
bilirubin diglucuronide (conjugated bilirubin).
Bilirubin that...
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glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) that
catalyzes the
transfer of the
glucuronic acid
component of UDP-
glucuronic acid to a
small hydrophobic molecule. This is a glucuronidation...
- [citation needed]
Other specific components include ethanol (see below),
glucuronic acid, glycerol,
lactic acid, and
usnic acid (a hepatotoxin, see above)...
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Glucuronidation consists of
transfer of the
glucuronic acid
component of
uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid to a
substrate by any of
several types of...
- and a
major component of the cell
walls of most fungi.
Polymerized with
glucuronic acid, it
forms hyaluronan.
GlcNAc has been
reported to be an inhibitor...
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their parent sugars, for example, the
uronic acid
analog of
glucose is
glucuronic acid.
Uronic acids derived from
hexoses are
known as
hexuronic acids and...
- biliverdin.
Biliverdin is
reduced to bilirubin.
After conjugation with
glucuronic acid,
bilirubin is water-soluble and can be excreted.
Bilirubin is structurally...
