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Udonis Haslem
Udonis Haslem, Miami Heat forward (2003–2023), three-time NBA champion and franchise all-time leading rebounder with 5,791 boards; oldest player in NBA Finals history at 42 years, 364 days.
UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1
UGT1A1 (UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1), EC 2.4.1.17, is the liver enzyme that glucuronidates bilirubin; its variants cause Gilbert and Crigler-Najjar syndromes and affect irinotecan toxicity.
UDP-3-O-acyl N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase
UDP-3-O-acyl N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase (LpxC), a zinc-dependent deacetylase catalyzing the committed step of lipid A biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria; conserved, no mammalian homolog, key antibiotic target with no approved inhibitor.
UDP-glucose
UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc, uridine diphosphate glucose) is a nucleotide sugar, the activated glucose donor for glycogen, sucrose, cellulose, and other glycoconjugates, first discovered in 1950.
UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (GALE, GalE, EC 5.1.3.2) is an SDR-family, NAD+-dependent Leloir-pathway enzyme interconverting UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose via a rotating 4-keto intermediate; mutations cause type III galactosemia.
UDP-glycosyltransferase
UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs), also called UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in mammals, are GT1-family enzymes transferring sugars from UDP-sugar donors to lipophilic acceptors; humans have 22 members in four families, central to drug detoxification and plant defense.
UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronic acid transferase
UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronic acid transferase (WecG, rffM, EC 2.4.1.180) is an enterobacterial GT-E glycosyltransferase that transfers ManNAcA from UDP-ManNAcA to ECA lipid I, forming lipid II in enterobacterial common antigen biosynthesis.
UDR group
UDR group: parliamentary group of France's Gaullist Union des démocrates pour la République (1958–1976, formerly UNR), 294 seats in 1968, dissolved into the RPR in 1976; also the modern Ciotti party and other UDR namesakes.
UDT coup
The UDT coup was the Timorese Democratic Union's armed seizure of power in Portuguese Timor on 11 August 1975, which started a three-week civil war won by Fretilin.
Udta Punjab
Udta Punjab (Flying Punjab), 2016 Hindi crime drama by Abhishek Chaubey on drug abuse in Punjab, starring Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh; cleared by Bombay High Court with one cut after an 89-cut CBFC dispute.
Udul-kalama
Udul-kalama is a legendary ruler of Uruk known only from the Sumerian King List, which names him as Ur-Nungal's son and credits him with a 15-year reign.
Udumbarika
Udumbarika (उडुम्बरिका, Udumbarikā) is, in the Pali Canon, the owner of a park for wandering ascetics near Rājagaha and the setting of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.
Udupi (ಉಡುಪಿ)
Udupi (ಉಡುಪಿ), a coastal Karnataka city and district headquarters carved from Dakshina Kannada in 1997, is famed for the 13th-century Sri Krishna Matha of Madhvacharya, Paryaya festival, Udupi cuisine, and Manipal.
Udupi power station
Udupi power station is a 1,200 MW imported coal-fired thermal power station at Padubidri in Udupi district, Karnataka, India, operating two 600 MW units and owned by Adani Power.
Udupi Ramachandra Rao (ಉಡುಪಿ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ರಾವ್)
Udupi Ramachandra Rao (ಉಡುಪಿ ರಾಮಚಂದ್ರ ರಾವ್), known as U. R. Rao, was an Indian space scientist who supervised India's first satellite, Aryabhata, and chaired ISRO from 1984 to 1994.
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha (ಉಡುಪಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮಠ)
Udupi Sri Krishna Matha, also called Udupi Krishna Temple, is a Krishna temple and monastery in Udupi, Karnataka, founded by Madhvacharya in the 13th century.
Udyotakara
Udyotakara (उद्योतकर), also spelled Uddyotakara, was an Indian philosopher of the Nyaya school who flourished around the sixth to seventh century CE and wrote the Nyayavarttika.
UEC Saturn
UEC Saturn, formerly NPO Saturn and part of United Engine Corporation, is a Russian company in Rybinsk making gas turbine engines for aviation, power generation, and ships.
Uech Oil and Gas Field
Uech is a mature offshore oil and gas field in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico off Tabasco, operated by Pemex and discovered in 1986.
Ueda Akinari
Ueda Akinari (上田秋成), 1734–1809, was a Japanese Edo-period writer and kokugaku scholar, best known for the supernatural tale collection Ugetsu monogatari and for his scholarly dispute with Motoori Norinaga.
Uee (김유진)
Uee (유이; Kim Yu-jin, 김유진, born 1988) is a South Korean singer and actress, a former After School member from 2009 to 2017, known for Ojakgyo Family, Golden Rainbow, Marriage Contract, My Only One, and Live Your Own Life.
UEFA
UEFA (Union des Associations Européennes de Football), founded 15 June 1954 in Basel, is European football's governing body under FIFA, with 55 member associations, Nyon headquarters, and competitions including the Champions League and EURO.
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier annual club football competition, founded 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, renamed 1992/93; since 2024/25 a 36-team single league phase with knockout play-offs.
UEFA Champions League Anthem
The UEFA Champions League anthem, also known as the UEFA anthem, is the piece played before every Champions League match, written by Tony Britten in 1992.
UEFA club competition records and statistics
UEFA club competition records and statistics cover honours, match, player and coefficient data across the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, Super Cup and defunct Cup Winners' Cup, Intertoto and UEFA Cup, led by Real Madrid's 26 titles.
UEFA Club Football Awards
UEFA Club Football Awards: annual UEFA honors (1998–2010) for the best performers in UEFA club competitions, with positional prizes; replaced in 2011 by the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, with positional awards revived in 2017.
UEFA coefficient
UEFA coefficient: points-based ranking of European clubs and national associations from Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League results; governs access lists, seeding, and revenue distribution.
UEFA competitions
UEFA competitions: football tournaments run by UEFA (founded 1954), including the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, EURO, Nations League, women's and futsal events, with 36-team league phases from 2024/25.
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, also European Cup Winners' Cup, a UEFA knockout tournament for domestic cup winners, 1960–61 to 1998–99; Barcelona won four titles, Lazio the last, then merged into the UEFA Cup.
UEFA Euro 1968
UEFA Euro 1968, the third European Championship and first under that name, was won by hosts Italy, who beat Yugoslavia 2-0 in the only replayed final after a coin-toss semi-final win over the USSR.