* UDP-GlcNAc 2-Epimerase/ManNAc Kinase (GNE): A Master Regulator of Sialic Acid Synthesis.
- UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase is the key enzyme of sialic acid biosynthesis in vertebrates. It catalyzes the first two steps of the cytosolic formation of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid from UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. In this review we give an overview of structure, biochemistry, and genetics of the bifunctional enzyme and its complex regulation. Furthermore, we will focus on diseases related to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase.
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Overview of noun acid
The noun acid has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) acid -- (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning
litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
2. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
pane, superman, window pane, Zen -- (street name for lysergic acid diethylamide)
Overview of adj acid
The adj acid has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic -- (harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a
barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering
criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique")
2. acidic, acid, acidulent, acidulous -- (being sour to the taste)
3. acid -- (having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction")
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