UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4,6-dehydratase (configuration-inverting) (, FlaA1, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 5-inverting 4,6-dehydratase, PseB, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine hydro-lyase (inverting, UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-L)arabino-hex-4-ulose-forming)) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine hydro-lyase (inverting; UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-L-arabino-hex-4-ulose-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-L-arabino-hex-4-ulose + H2O
This enzyme contains NADP+ as a cofactor.
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