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CHEBI:59640 -
N
-acetylglucosamine
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ChEBI Name
N
-acetylglucosamine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:59640
ChEBI ASCII Name
N-acetylglucosamine
Definition
An
N
-acylglucosamine where the
N
-acyl group is specified as acetyl.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Biological Role
(s):
EC 2.7.1.1 (hexokinase) inhibitor
An EC 2.7.1.* (phosphotransferases with an alcohol group as acceptor) inhibitor that interferes with the action of hexokinase, EC 2.7.1.1, an enzyme that phosphorylates hexoses forming hexose phosphate.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
N
-acetylglucosamine (
CHEBI:59640
)
has role
EC 2.7.1.1 (hexokinase) inhibitor (
CHEBI:78366
)
N
-acetylglucosamine (
CHEBI:59640
)
is a
N
-acylglucosamine (
CHEBI:21638
)
Incoming
aldehydo
-
N
-acetyl-
D
-glucosamine (
CHEBI:17411
)
is a
N
-acetylglucosamine (
CHEBI:59640
)
N
-acetyl-
D
-glucosamine (
CHEBI:506227
)
is a
N
-acetylglucosamine (
CHEBI:59640
)
Synonym
Source
N
-acetylglucosamines
ChEBI
Citation
Type
Source
18499511
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
06 January 2016