Structures of Human N-Acetylglucosamine Kinase in Two Complexes with N-Acetylglucosamine and with Adp/Glucose: Insights Into Substrate Specificity and Regulation.
Weihofen, W.A., Berger, M., Chen, H., Saenger, W., Hinderlich, S.(2006) J.Mol.Biol. 364: 388
- PubMed: 17010375 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.085
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- PubMed Abstract: 
N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), a major component of complex carbohydrates, is synthesized de novo or salvaged from lysosomally degraded glycoconjugates and from nutritional sources. The salvage pathway requires that GlcNAc kinase converts GlcNAc to Gl ...