Nucleotide sugar

Nucleotide sugars are biochemicals that act as donors of sugar residues in nucleotide sugars metabolism. They are substrates for glycosyltransferases.

List of nucleotide sugars

• UDP-N-acetylglucosamine
• UDP-apiose
• UDP-arabinose
• GDP-mannose
• ADP-galactose
• UDP-galactose
• GDP-galactose
• UDP-galacturonic acid
• ADP-glucose
• UDP-glucose
• GDP-glucose
• UDP-glucuronic acid
• UDP-xylose

External links

• MeSH "Nucleotide sugars" "Nucleotide sugars"

<tr bgcolor="#ccccff"><td colspan="3" align="center">Major families of biochemicals</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center;">Peptides | Amino acids | Nucleic acids | Carbohydrates | Nucleotide sugars | Lipids | Terpenes | Carotenoids | Tetrapyrroles | Enzyme cofactors | Steroids | Flavonoids | Alkaloids | Polyketides | Glycosides</td></tr><tr bgcolor="pink"><td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%; color: pink;">Analogues of nucleic acids:</td><td align="center">Types of nucleotide sugars</td><td style="white-space: nowrap; width: 10%; color: pink;">Analogues of nucleic acids:</td></tr>