Search
Menu
Home
Sources
About
Contacts
Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid
UDP
glucuronic acid
is a
sugar
used in
the creation
of
polysaccharides
and is an
intermediate
in the
biosynthesis
of
ascorbic acid
.
It is made from
UDP-glucose
by
UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase
using
NAD+
as a
cofactor
. It is
the source
of the glucuronosyl group in
glucuronosyltransferase
reactions
.