Sentences with phrase «uridine diphosphate»
Polysaccharides and glycans are made by the sequential addition of monosaccharides by glycosyltransferase from a reactive sugar - phosphate donor such as uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP - glucose) to an acceptor hydroxyl group on the growing polysaccharide.
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Glucose and inositol are oxidized in the liver to glucuronic acid and then bound into uridine diphosphate glucuronate (UDG), which is used by the enzyme uridine diphosphate transglucuronylase to convert 2 - OH estrone, 4 - OH estrone, 16α - OH estrone, estradiol or estriol into water - soluble glucuronides, which can be excreted through the urine as well as bile.
Platelet - associated galactosyltransferase produces efficient galactosylation when uridine diphosphate — galactose is added, affording a potentially simple method for storing platelets in the cold.