Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine

**Definition:** Serves as the biological precursor of insect chitin, of muramic acid in bacterial cell walls, and of sialic acids in mammalian glycoproteins.

**Tree numbers:** - D03.383.742.686.850.600.677.120 - D09.408.620.569.727.120 - D13.695.740.850.600.677.120 - D13.695.827.708.727.120 - D13.695.827.919.600.677.120

**Synonyms:** - UDP Acetylglucosamine - UDPGNAc - Uridine Diphosphate N Acetylglucosamine - Uridine Diphospho-N-Acetylglucosamine - Uridine Pyrophosphoacetylglucosamine