Product Description: N-Acetylhexosamine kinase (NahK) is an anomeric kinase acting on a glucose-type substrate. N-Acetylhexosamine kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of GlcNAc or GalNAc at the anomeric C1 position with ATP to form N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1P/GalNAc-1P)[1][2].
Applications: Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism
Formula: N/A
References: [1]Sato M, et al. Open-close structural change upon ligand binding and two magnesium ions required for the catalysis of N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 May;1854(5):333-40./[2]Wang KC, et al. Insights into the binding specificity and catalytic mechanism of N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate kinases through multiple reaction complexes. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2014 May;70(Pt 5):1401-10.