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How much udp is there in udp glucose?


Asked by Banks Moreno on Dec 13, 2021 FAQ



I have heard back from the lab with the following information: "We can confirm that the UDP-glucose does contain small amounts of UDP as it is used in the synthesis of this compound. Based on the HPLC the level of UDP is approximately 0.5%."
In this manner,
UDP-galactose is derived from UDP-glucose by the action of UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (GalE). This enzyme is well known for the conversion of galactose 1-phosphate into glucose 1-phosphate via the Leloir pathway, but apart from that GalE, also another UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (GalE2) exists.
Likewise, In plants with increased biomass accumulation, the genes involved in UDP-Glucose production were up-regulated. However, excessive endogenous accumulation of UDP-Glucose induced programmed cell death (PCD), and this could also be obtained by exogenous UDP-Glucose application.
And,
However, excessive endogenous accumulation of UDP-Glucose induced programmed cell death (PCD), and this could also be obtained by exogenous UDP-Glucose application. Plants with decreased UDP-glucose were insensitive to pathogen induced PCD.
Consequently,
UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) provides precursors for steroid elimination, hyaluronan production, and glycosaminoglycan synthesis. The wild-type UGDH enzyme purifies in a hexamer-dimer equilibrium and transiently undergoes dynamic motion that exposes the dimer-dimer interface during catalysis.