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Hexosamines are
amino sugars created by
adding an
amine group to a hexose.
Examples include:
Fructosamine (based upon fructose)
Galactosamine (based upon...
- is N-acyl-D-
hexosamine:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase.
Other names in
common use
include N-acyl-D-
hexosamine oxidase, and N-acyl-beta-D-
hexosamine:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase...
- N-acetyl-D-
hexosamine:NAD+ 1-oxidoreductase.
Other names in
common use
include N-acetylhexosamine dehydrogenase, and N-acetyl-D-
hexosamine dehydrogenase...
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contribute to
diabetes by
interfering with the
normal regulation of the
hexosamine biosynthesis pathway, but
several investigations found no
evidence that...
- name ATP:N-acetyl-D-
hexosamine 1-phosphotransferase. This
enzyme catalyses the
following chemical reaction ATP + N-acetyl-D-
hexosamine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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carbohydrate that has
among its
repeating units a
nitrogenous sugar,
hexosamine) to
embed the fibrils. The cornea,
unlike the sclera, has six layers....
- β-D-hexosaminidase) is an
enzyme involved in the
hydrolysis of
terminal N-acetyl-D-
hexosamine residues in N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminides.
Elevated levels of hexosaminidase...
- further.
Members of the
glycosaminoglycan family vary in the type of
hexosamine,
hexose or
hexuronic acid unit they
contain (e.g.
glucuronic acid, iduronic...
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caused by arthritis. It is made of
repeat disaccharide units (comprising
hexosamine and
hexuronic acid), and is
similar to
glycosaminoglycans already present...
- cycle, and
stress responses. As UDP-GlcNAc is the
final product of the
hexosamine biosynthetic pathway,
which integrates amino acid, carbohydrate, fatty...
