Term Name:	UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
Synonyms:	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis, UDP-GlcNAc biosynthetic process, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine anabolism, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine formation, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0006048] QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	amino sugar biosynthetic process nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
regulated by:	regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process