DTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose acyltransferase

Template:Lowercase title Template:Infobox enzyme DTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose acyltransferase (Template:EC number, VIOB) is an enzyme with systematic name acetyl-CoA:dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose N-acetyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

acetyl-CoA + dTDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose $\rightleftharpoons$ CoA + dTDP-4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose

4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose is part of the O antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 7 and Escherichia coli O7.

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