UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process

id: GO:0006047
name: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006048UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
GO:0006049UDP-N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process

Parent Functions

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GO:0006044N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
GO:0009225nucleotide-sugar metabolic process