Uridine monophosphate

Uridine monophosphate
Chemical name	5'-Uridylic acid
Chemical formula	C₉H₁₃N₂O₉P
Molecular mass	324.18 g/mol
CAS number	58-97-9
SMILES	O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H] (N(C(N2)=O)C=CC2=O)O [C@@H]1COP(O)(O)=O)O

Uridine monophosphate, also known as 5'-uridylic acid and abbreviated UMP, is a nucleotide that is found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside uridine. UMP consists of the phosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase uracil.

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Nucleic acids and oligonucleotides edit
Nucleobases:	Adenine \| Thymine \| Uracil \| Guanine \| Cytosine \| Purine \| Pyrimidine
Nucleosides:	Adenosine \| Uridine \| Guanosine \| Cytidine \| Deoxyadenosine \| Thymidine \| Deoxyguanosine \| Deoxycytidine
Nucleotides:	AMP \| UMP \| GMP \| CMP \| ADP \| UDP \| GDP \| CDP \| ATP \| UTP \| GTP \| CTP \| cAMP \| cADPR \| cGMP
Deoxynucleotides:	dAMP \| TMP \| dGMP \| dCMP \| dADP \| TDP \| dGDP \| dCDP \| dATP \| TTP \| dGTP \| dCTP
Ribonucleic acids:	RNA \| mRNA \| tRNA \| rRNA \| ncRNA \| sgRNA \| shRNA \| siRNA \| snRNA \| miRNA \| snoRNA \| LNA
Deoxyribonucleic acids:	DNA \| mtDNA \| cDNA \| plasmid \| Cosmid \| BAC \| YAC \| HAC
Analogues of nucleic acids:	GNA \| PNA \| TNA\| LNA \| morpholino
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