NCBI Accession #
NP_186975.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_111195.4
NCBI Official Full Name
UDP-GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE 1
NCBI Official Symbol
UGP1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AtUGP1; T17B22.6; T17B22_6; UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase; UDP-GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE 1; UGP; UGPASE
NCBI Protein Information
UDP-GLUCOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE 1
NCBI Summary
Is thought to encode a cytosolic UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase with strong similarity to potato UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase. Downregulated by flooding.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
UDPGP 2; UGPase 2
UniProt Protein Name
UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase 2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2; AtUGP2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9M9P3
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9ASY1
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9M9P3
UniProt Comments
Converts glucose 1-phosphate to UDP-glucose, which is the major glycosyl donor for polysaccharides. Acts redundantly with UGP1 and is essential for the synthesis of sucrose, starch and cell wall, and callose deposition.