Glucosamine-1-phosphate N-acetyltransferase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
The two substrates of this enzyme characterised from Escherichia coli are α-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate (1) and acetyl-CoA. Its two products are N-acetyl-α-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate (2) and coenzyme A. The enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those acyltransferases transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is acetyl-CoA:alpha-D-glucosamine-1-phosphate N-acetyltransferase.
Structural studies As of late 2007, 3 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes , , and .
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