Protein Name UTP glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 853830
Gene Symbol

UGP1

UniProt P32861 (UGPA1_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 16
Total Number of Articles : 15
Description

UTP glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase

Gene Summary

Enables UTP:glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity. Involved in UDP-alpha-D-glucose metabolic process and carbohydrate biosynthetic process. Located in cytoplasmic stress granule and plasma membrane. Used to study cancer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 83. Orthologous to human UGP2 (UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • UTP glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
  • YKL035W
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Properties