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N-Acetyl Glucosamine
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N-Acetyl Glucosamine
Korean name | N-아세틸글루코사민 |
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CAS No. | 7512-17-6 |
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INCI Name | Glucosamine |
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Synonyms | 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose aldehydo-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine D-GlcNAc N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine N-Acetylchitosamine |
Description | N-Acetyl Glucosamine is an amide derivative of the monosaccharide glucose . It is a secondary amide between glucosamine and acetic acid . It is significant in several biological systems. It is part of a biopolymer in the bacterial cell wall , which is built from alternating units of GlcNAc and N -acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc), cross-linked with oligopeptides at the lactic acid residue of MurNAc. This layered structure is called peptidoglycan (formerly called murein). GlcNAc is the monomeric unit of the polymer chitin , which forms the exoskeletons of arthropods like insects and crustaceans . It is the main component of the radulas of mollusks , the beaks of cephalopods , and a major component of the cell walls of most fungi . Polymerized with glucuronic acid , it forms hyaluronan . GlcNAc has been reported to be an inhibitor of elastase release from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (range 8–17% inhibition), however this is much weaker than the inhibition seen with N -acetylgalactosamine (range 92–100%) |
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