Structural and Kinetic Evidence That Catalytic Reaction of Human UDP-glucose 6-Dehydrogenase Involves Covalent Thiohemiacetal and Thioester Enzyme Intermediates.
Egger, S., Chaikuad, A., Klimacek, M., Kavanagh, K.L., Oppermann, U., Nidetzky, B.(2012) J.Biol.Chem. 287: 2119-2129
- PubMed: 22123821 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.313015
- PubMed Abstract: 
Biosynthesis of UDP-glucuronic acid by UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (UGDH) occurs through the four-electron oxidation of the UDP-glucose C6 primary alcohol in two NAD(+)-dependent steps. The catalytic reaction of UGDH is thought to involve a Cys nucle ...