The product, UDP-N,N’-diacetylbacillosamine, is an intermediate in protein glycosylation pathways in several bacterial species, including N-linked glycosylation of certain L-asparagine residues in Campylobacter species [1,2] and O-linked glycosylation of certain L-serine residues in Neisseria species [3].
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Acetyl-CoA + UDP-N-acetylbacillosamine = CoA + UDP- N,N’-diacetylbacillosamine.