Regulation of proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis is critical throughout development, and to maintain normal adult functions in wound healing and the immune system, among others. It has become increasingly clear that these processes are also under tight metabolic control and that availability of carbohydrate and amino acid metabolite precursors has a role in the control of proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan turnover. The enzyme uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) produces UDP-glucuronate, an essential precursor for new glycosaminoglycan synthesis that is tightly controlled at multiple levels. Here, we review the cellular mechanisms that regulate UGDH expression, discuss the structural features of the enzyme, and use the structures to provide a context for recent studies that link post-translational modifications and allosteric modulators of UGDH to its function in downstream pathways.
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