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The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxyglucopyranose), an aminodeoxysugar that occurs in combined form in chitin. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxyglucopyranose), an aminodeoxysugar that occurs in combined form in chitin. The chemical reactions and pathways involving N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide moiety of a glycoprotein. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide moiety of a glycoprotein. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any amino sugar, sugars containing an amino group in place of a hydroxyl group.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
Acc: GO:0006045
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide moiety of a glycoprotein.
Synonyms:
  • N-acetylglucosamine anabolism
  • N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis
  • N-acetylglucosamine formation
  • N-acetylglucosamine synthesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 16 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006045 - N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process (interactive image map)
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