GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006048 - UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0006048

Name

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

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

Parents

• is_a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
• is_a nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process
• is_a amino sugar biosynthetic process

Annotation