Reaction: phosphoenolpyruvate + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine = phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-3-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-α-D-glucosamine
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Other name(s): MurA transferase; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyl-transferase; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enoylpyruvyltransferase; enoylpyruvate transferase; phosphoenolpyruvate-UDP-acetylglucosamine-3-enolpyruvyltransferase; phosphoenolpyruvate:UDP-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose 2-enoyl-1-carboxyethyltransferase; phosphoenolpyruvate:uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyltransferase; phosphoenolpyruvate:uridine-5'-diphospho-N-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxyglucose 3-enolpyruvyltransferase; phosphopyruvate-uridine diphosphoacetylglucosamine pyruvatetransferase; pyruvate-UDP-acetylglucosamine transferase; pyruvate-uridine diphospho-N-acetylglucosamine transferase; pyruvate-uridine diphospho-N-acetyl-glucosamine transferase; pyruvic-uridine diphospho-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase; phosphoenolpyruvate:UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase
Systematic name: phosphoenolpyruvate:UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-27-2
References:
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