N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase

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Template:Infobox enzyme N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase (Template:EC number, NahK, LnpB, N-acetylgalactosamine/N-acetylglucosamine 1-kinase) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:N-acetyl-D-hexosamine 1-phosphotransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + N-acetyl-D-hexosamine ADP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-hexosamine 1-phosphate

This enzyme is involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose degradation pathway in the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium longum.

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