Glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA1) catalyses the N-acetylation of d-glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN-6P), using acetyl-CoA as an acetyl donor. The product GlcNAc-6P is an intermediate in the biosynthesis UDP-GlcNAc. GNA1 is part of the GCN5-related acetyl transferase family (GNATs), which employ a wide range of acceptor substrates. GNA1 has been genetically validated as an antifung...

Diumycin A, a new antibiotic, was found to inhibit cell wall synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus, a phenomenon accompanied by accumulation of uridine-5'-diphosphate-N-acetyl-muramyl-pentapeptide. The antibiotic inhibited in vitro peptidoglycan synthesis by particulate preparations of Bacillus stearothermophilus and Escherichia coli by preventing the utilization of N-acetyl-glucosamine-N-acetyl-m...

The metabolic fate of [1-(14)C]glucosamine, of N-acetyl[1-(14)C]glucosamine and of glycoproteins labelled with [1-(14)C]glucosamine was studied in rats for a period of 24hr. after these materials were given orally or injected. When [1-(14)C]glucosamine was injected 26.3% of the label was excreted in the urine, 19.7% was expired as carbon dioxide and 12.7% was incorporated into plasma proteins. ...

It has been demonstrated that n-glucosamine and N-acetyln-glucosamine are metabolized in animal tissues to n-fructose via phosphorylated intermediates (14). It has also been shown that n-glucose is converted to n-glucosamine and incorporated into glycoproteins and mucopolysaccharides (Pll), probably through formation of uridine diphosphate derivatives as intermediates (4). Little work has been ...

It has been demonstrated that n-glucosamine and N-acetyln-glucosamine are metabolized in animal tissues to n-fructose via phosphorylated intermediates (14). It has also been shown that n-glucose is converted to n-glucosamine and incorporated into glycoproteins and mucopolysaccharides (Pll), probably through formation of uridine diphosphate derivatives as intermediates (4). Little work has been ...

Streptococcus suis types 1 and 2 were subjected to digestion with lysozyme. Serologically type-specific capsular polysaccharides were isolated from the lysates by ethanol precipitation followed by Sepharose 6B chromatography. The purified type 1 polysaccharide has a Kd value of 0.074 on a Sepharose 4B column and contains galactose, glucose, N-acetyl glucosamine, N-acetyl galactosamine, and sial...

background :   chitosan is unbranched polysaccharide composed of d-glucosamine and n-acetyl-d-glucosamine. chitosan, derived from shrimp shell, has broad antimicrobial properties against gram-negative, gram-positive bacteria and fungi.   methods :  chitosan was extracted from shrimp shell and studied for cell entrapment and anti-bacterial properties. the hydrogel chitosan was used as the beads ...

The specific capsular polysaccharide of type 45 Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated in pure form by chemical and chromatographic methods and found to be a high-molecular-weight, glycosidically linked polymer of a hexasaccharide repeating unit composed of D-galactose (2 mol), L-rhamnose (1 mol), N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (1 mol), N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (1 mol), N-acetyl-L-fucosamine (1 mol), an...

cystic hydatid disease is caused by cystic larval (metacestode) stages of echinococcus granulosus. this parasite can potentially occur all over the world especially in mediterranean and middle east countries and some parts of africa, latin america and china which have major foci of human infections. the cyst wall of metacestodes consists of inner, middle and external layers. to date, little att...