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UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4,6-dehydratase (configuration-inverting)

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4,6-dehydratase (configuration-inverting) (, FlaA1, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 5-inverting 4,6-dehydratase, PseB, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine hydro-lyase (inverting, UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-<small>L</small>)arabino-hex-4-ulose-forming)) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-N-acetyl-α-<small>D</small>-glucosamine hydro-lyase (inverting; UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-L-arabino-hex-4-ulose-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

UDP-N-acetyl-α-<small>D</small>-glucosamine UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-β-L-arabino-hex-4-ulose + H<sub>2</sub>O

This enzyme contains NADP<sup>+</sup> as a cofactor.

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