N-acetylglucosamine transmembrane transporter activity

Term ID

GO:0015572

Synonyms

• D-GlcNAc transmembrane transporter activity
• N-Acetyl-D-glucosamine permease
• N-acetyl-D-glucosamine transmembrane transporter activity
• N-acetylchitosamine transmembrane transporter activity
• N-acetylglucosamine permease activity

Definition

Enables the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine from one side of a membrane to the other. The D isomer of N-acetylglucosamine is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide group of a glycoprotein. 0815340729

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO