UDP

Peclet number for dispersion Pe = uUD where t/ is a Bnear velocity, L is a hnear dimension, and is the dispersion coefficient. In packed beds, Pe = udp/De, where u is the interstitial velocity and dp is the pellet diameter. 

Sugar nucleotides are formed from sugar-l-phosphates and nucleoside triphosphates by specific pyrophosphorylase enzymes (Figure 23.18). For example, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase catalyzes the formation of UDP-glucose from glucose-l-phosphate and uridine 5 -triphosphate ... 

FIGURE 23.18 The UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase reaction is a phosphoanhydride exchange, with a phosphoryl oxygen of glu-cose-l-P attacking the m-phosphorus of UTP to form UDP-glucose and pyrophosphate. 

Galactose, a constituent of the disaccharide lactose found in dairy products, is metabolized by a patiiwav that includes the isomerization of UDP-galactose to UDP-glucose. where UDP = uridylyl diphosphate. The enzyme responsible for the transformation uses NAD+ as cofactor. Propose a mechanism. 

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