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  • El-Ganiny, A.M.; Sheoran, I.; Sanders, D.A.; Kaminskyj, S.G.
    Aspergillus nidulans UDP-glucose-4-epimerase UgeA has multiple roles in wall architecture, hyphal morphogenesis, and asexual development (2010), Fungal Genet. Biol., 47, 629-635.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
gene ugeA, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, cytoplasmic expression of GFP-tagged UgeA in Aspergillus nidulans from a plasmid under control of the wild-type promoter, expression of N-terminally His-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli Aspergillus nidulans

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
additional information a ugeADELTA knockout strain is viable, but has defects including wide, slow growing, highly branched hyphae and reduced conidiation. ugeADELTA colonies have substantially reduced sporulation but normal spore viability. Conidia of the ugeADELTA strain can not form colonies on galactose as a sole carbon source, however they produced short, multinucleate germlings, suggesting they ceased to grow from starvation Aspergillus nidulans

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
cytoplasm
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Aspergillus nidulans 5737
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Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
40600
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x * 40600, recombinant plasmid-expressed UgeA, SDS-PAGE Aspergillus nidulans

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
UDP-alpha-D-glucose Aspergillus nidulans
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UDP-alpha-D-galactose
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r

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Aspergillus nidulans
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gene ugeA
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
conidium
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Aspergillus nidulans
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hypha
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Aspergillus nidulans
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
UDP-alpha-D-glucose
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Aspergillus nidulans UDP-alpha-D-galactose
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r

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
? x * 40600, recombinant plasmid-expressed UgeA, SDS-PAGE Aspergillus nidulans

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
UDP-glucose-4-epimerase
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Aspergillus nidulans
UgeA
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Aspergillus nidulans

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
metabolism UgeA interconverts UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose and participates in galactose metabolism Aspergillus nidulans